From stevehannigan at charter.net Mon Mar 1 10:01:32 2010 From: stevehannigan at charter.net (Stephen Hannigan) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:01:32 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com> Message-ID: <006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net> Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.com to check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. For that reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stevehannigan=charter.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5day s.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stevehannigan=charter.net at mailman.howtosellyourho mein5days.com] On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 8:47 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Janet, Can you tell me more about Postlets? How does it work? Is Postlets Pro worth the $10? I am planning on selling my house in a couple of months and am deciding what advertising to use. Thanks, --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:10 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] (no subject) I would pull the newspaper and put up a bunch of signs all around the area with the ad on it.... I know, gotta work fast fast fast. And put it up on Craig's and postlets. Otherwise, cancel and try again using different methods of getting the word out. I only had three responses from the paper, none from Craig's and all the rest from signs. Each area is different. Bill will often disagree with me on my view on this. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100301/eb64538f/attachment.html From tomhoffman at live.com Mon Mar 1 15:23:17 2010 From: tomhoffman at live.com (Tom Hoffman) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:23:17 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Agents In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jason, I have used the system for years and you are welcome to call. Tom Hoffman-Broker/Owner Top Priority Realty, LLC 720-540-7800 720-540-7876 fax Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:39:06 -0500 From: chimaera86 at gmail.com To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Agents Anyone that uses this as a real estate agent, what modifications do you make if any? _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100301/526d869a/attachment.html From jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com Mon Mar 1 17:00:02 2010 From: jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com (James Fleming) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:00:02 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Agents In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0ba501cab98a$8d62faa0$a828efe0$@gmail.com> Jason, I just read your question and saw Tom's reply. Judging from Tom's past posts on this forum, I am sure that he will be able to help you make the minor necessary mods. He will go through the details with you, but I'd like to describe to you, in a nutshell, the two primary benefits of those mods. First, by including other Realtors in your area in your marketing message, you immediately get the word out to all qualified buyers who are working with Realtors. Sellers who use the 5-day method without a Realtor can have success, there is no question about that. But, as you read the forum, you will also see a wide spectrum of outcomes for these people - just as many sellers have problems and unsuccessful outcomes as those who succeed. Many of those who do not succeed also had weak response rates to their advertising (fewer than 25 responses by Friday). This is less likely when you have a network of local Realtors to contact. Why? Because you are not just waiting for a passive ad to garner responses. Instead, you are contacting Realtors who in turn call their clients and bring them to the open house if the profile of the property fits their wish list. Secondly, because of your marketing effectiveness and your network of industry licensed professionals (real estate agents, lawyers, title officers, appraisers, inspectors, tradespeople, and so on) your deals will garner higher selling prices and will have a higher closing ratio than those done by FSBO's who try to avoid Realtors because they mistakenly think they can save money that way. In theory, a FSBO is right when he says that he will save money by doing his own deal and not paying a Realtor - IF his deal closes, and IF he sells for the same price that his Realtor would have gotten, and IF there are no complications. As too many FSBO's learn in practice, those are very big "ifs". Best of luck, Jim F. - Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourho mein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtose llyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hoffman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:23 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Agents Hi Jason, I have used the system for years and you are welcome to call. Tom Hoffman-Broker/Owner Top Priority Realty, LLC 720-540-7800 720-540-7876 fax _____ Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:39:06 -0500 From: chimaera86 at gmail.com To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Agents Anyone that uses this as a real estate agent, what modifications do you make if any? _____ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100301/2aec81c0/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Mon Mar 1 20:30:12 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:30:12 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: <006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net> References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com> <006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net> Message-ID: <05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.com to check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. For that reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100301/96d331bd/attachment.html From hsiclang at windstream.net Tue Mar 2 06:00:39 2010 From: hsiclang at windstream.net (The Langs) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:00:39 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: <05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com><006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net> <05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> Message-ID: Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. .maybe there is a thread of posts about this subject. We've been so busy preparing the house, we've only made one decision about advertising. We've rented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days. com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhome in5days.com] On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:30 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.com to check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. For that reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/230a67f4/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Tue Mar 2 07:44:43 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:44:43 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com><006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net><05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> Message-ID: <8CC881D444DF623-7734-305D@webmail-m044.sysops.aol.com> I personally don't believe you would need a web-site. Just place your e-mail address on the billboard and when people respond send them a detailed description. If you do use a web-site be sure to cancel the subscription as soon as you finish. I used a yahoo site for one month. After 4 months I checked the account I attached the charges to and they were still charging me. Earl -----Original Message----- From: The Langs To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 6:00 am Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating yourown website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. ?maybethere is a thread of posts about this subject. We?ve been so busypreparing the house, we?ve only made one decision about advertising. We?verented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfullyusing Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact emailfor the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang From:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com]On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:30PM To: How To Sell Your Home in5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] PostletsIs it worth It? Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday,March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re:[5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.comto check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and largerpics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you couldget an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of yourlisting. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see thoseprospects. For that reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signaturedatabase 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signaturedatabase 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/80df170e/attachment.html From larry at REHomeResults.com Tue Mar 2 07:48:09 2010 From: larry at REHomeResults.com ( Larry Hoffman ) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:48:09 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: <8CC881D444DF623-7734-305D@webmail-m044.sysops.aol.com> References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com><006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net><05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> <8CC881D444DF623-7734-305D@webmail-m044.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <003701caba06$9ea2a5f0$dbe7f1d0$@com> Hey Earl, I would just follow Bills system? I wouldn?t do a postlet ad. -Larry http://www.SoldByNextFriday.com From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of balltjn at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:45 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? I personally don't believe you would need a web-site. Just place your e-mail address on the billboard and when people respond send them a detailed description. If you do use a web-site be sure to cancel the subscription as soon as you finish. I used a yahoo site for one month. After 4 months I checked the account I attached the charges to and they were still charging me. Earl -----Original Message----- From: The Langs To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 6:00 am Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. ?maybe there is a thread of posts about this subject. We?ve been so busy preparing the house, we?ve only made one decision about advertising. We?ve rented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang= windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [ mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:30 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.com to check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. For that reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/a6cc2505/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Tue Mar 2 08:02:25 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:02:25 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: <003701caba06$9ea2a5f0$dbe7f1d0$@com> References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com><006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net><05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> <8CC881D444DF623-7734-305D@webmail-m044.sysops.aol.com> <003701caba06$9ea2a5f0$dbe7f1d0$@com> Message-ID: <8CC881FBD580183-7734-33BB@webmail-m044.sysops.aol.com> I just finished a 5-Day Rental this week-end. Leased the apartment. I did not have a very good turn out but I went ahead anyway since I was only practicing for a 5-Day sale. I learned a lot. The main key is getting the word out. Logical enough. Be sure to put out street signs. Use banners and balloons. I ran the advertising as suggested by the book in the paper. It did get curiosity seekers. Just a touch extra, I believe I would run the ad in another color rather than black, maybe dark blue. anything to grab the exta attention. Anyhow, I am now more prepared for the main event. I believe a trial run at selling something other than your house first is worth your time and effort. Ask a neighbor or landlord if yu can practice with something they have if yo don't have something to sell. I now have the confidence and saw my weaknesses and can correct them before the BIG sale. After all, your house is a major investment. start small. Earl -----Original Message----- From: [ Larry Hoffman ] To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 7:48 am Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Hey Earl, I would just follow Bills system? I wouldn?t do a postlet ad. -Larry http://www.SoldByNextFriday.com From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com]On Behalf Of balltjn at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:45 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? I personally don't believe you would need a web-site. Just placeyour e-mail address on the billboard and when people respond send them adetailed description. If you do use a web-site be sure to cancel the subscription as soon as youfinish. I used a yahoo site for one month. After 4 months I checked the accountI attached the charges to and they were still charging me. Earl -----Original Message----- From: The Langs To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days'<5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 6:00 am Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for thesale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. ?maybe there is athread of posts about this subject. We?ve been so busy preparing thehouse, we?ve only made one decision about advertising. We?ve rented abillboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make awebsite? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com]On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:30 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday,March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum]Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.com to check it out. Alsothe Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the freeversion includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a realestate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. Ifbuyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. Forthat reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signaturedatabase 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signaturedatabase 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signaturedatabase 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/f183c124/attachment.html From doyledunham at sbcglobal.net Mon Mar 1 16:57:59 2010 From: doyledunham at sbcglobal.net (Paulette and Doyle Dunham) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:57:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [5-DayForum] (no subject) Message-ID: <966163.9665.qm@web82008.mail.mud.yahoo.com> how do i find a telephone # for help ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100301/96a72284/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 2 14:37:39 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:37:39 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] (no subject) Message-ID: <6bbf7.3abc127.38bec303@aol.com> Well, you ask here. If someone wants to give a number, then they will if they the information you are seeking. Help is here! Janet In a message dated 3/2/2010 10:45:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, doyledunham at sbcglobal.net writes: how do i find a telephone # for help ? _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/302301ca/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 2 14:42:02 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:42:02 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Message-ID: <6c0b6.576a79dc.38bec40a@aol.com> Some people have done this, some have also had great success with Crag'slist. I did not. But, it's free, so it sure can't hurt! Janet In a message dated 3/2/2010 5:01:07 A.M. Central Standard Time, hsiclang at windstream.net writes: Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. ?maybe there is a thread of posts about this subject. We?ve been so busy preparing the house, we?ve only made one decision about advertising. We?ve rented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang ____________________________________ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:30 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to _www.postlets.com_ (http://www.postlets.com/) to check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. For that reason alone, I would pay the $10.00 Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. _http://www.eset.com_ (http://www.eset.com/) __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. _http://www.eset.com_ (http://www.eset.com/) __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4908 (20100302) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. _http://www.eset.com_ (http://www.eset.com/) _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you search the internet you will see it cost way more than the $97 dollars I?m asking if you have someone else develop it. Here is the video link: http://www.getintoahometoday.com/video/5daysale Call me if you need more info 513-312-0913 Oh, I added a link at the bottom of the page for you to buy if you like? -Larry Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. ?maybe there is a thread of posts about this subject. We?ve been so busy preparing the house, we?ve only made one decision about advertising. We?ve rented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Jeannette Freeman Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:30 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Good to know. Thanks, Steve! --Jeannette From: Stephen Hannigan Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:01 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Jeannette: You can go to www.postlets.com to check it out. Also the Pro version lets you include more and larger pics, but also the free version includes advertising by OTHERS, so you could get an ad from a real estate agent or mortgage broker, etc on the side of your listing. If buyers call those numbers first, you might never see those prospects. 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I want to start a business doing this 5 day method as a Marketing Consultant. I was thinking a goal of 1 per month would be a good start. I believe it could work, am i being naive? -- Bret V.Sullins bvsullins at gmail.com Energy Reduction Analysts _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/43338faf/attachment.html From tomhoffman at live.com Tue Mar 2 18:47:14 2010 From: tomhoffman at live.com (Tom Hoffman) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:47:14 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant In-Reply-To: <8CC886DB906E125-6AF4-1687@webmail-d022.sysops.aol.com> References: <9a985e691003021017k7dd0cf23x6ed29c422cd37202@mail.gmail.com>, <8CC886DB906E125-6AF4-1687@webmail-d022.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: Sorry Earl, can't discuss these issues on this forum as would be a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Tom Hoffman-Broker/Owner Top Priority Realty, LLC 720-540-7800 720-540-7876 fax To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:20:39 -0500 From: balltjn at aol.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant How would you charge the clients by percentage or set rate and how much would you charge? Also how would you get paid, up front or at closing? Earl -----Original Message----- From: Bret Sullins To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 1:17 pm Subject: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant I was hoping someone could give me a word of encouragement. I want to start a business doing this 5 day method as a Marketing Consultant. I was thinking a goal of 1 per month would be a good start. I believe it could work, am i being naive? -- Bret V.Sullins bvsullins at gmail.com Energy Reduction Analysts _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100302/8c81ecf5/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Tue Mar 2 18:53:18 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:53:18 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant In-Reply-To: References: <9a985e691003021017k7dd0cf23x6ed29c422cd37202@mail.gmail.com>, <8CC886DB906E125-6AF4-1687@webmail-d022.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CC887AAA42DE81-303C-2E49@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> My point exactly. Consulting could be in violation of state and federal laws without a real estate license. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Tom Hoffman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 6:47 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant Sorry Earl, can't discuss these issues on this forum as would be a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Tom Hoffman-Broker/Owner Top Priority Realty, LLC 720-540-7800 720-540-7876 fax To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:20:39 -0500 From: balltjn at aol.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant How would you charge the clients by percentage or set rate and how much would you charge? Also how would you get paid, up front or at closing? Earl -----Original Message----- From: Bret Sullins To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 1:17 pm Subject: [5-DayForum] Marketing Consultant I was hoping someone could give me a word of encouragement. I want to start a business doing this 5 day method as a Marketing Consultant. I was thinking a goal of 1 per month would be a good start. 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Find an agent who you might want to work with and tell them that if they do the flat fee listing for you and the house doesn't sell, you'll most likely list with them. Saturate the area with hand written signs - get them free at www.freebanditsigns.com Post eye-catching flyers at laundromats, grocery stores, book stores, etc Create a "pick your neighbor" flyer and hand them out. Good luck Kimberly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <123086743-1267713327-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1522869013-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Suggest you use a lawyer and speak to him/her well in advance so they can be prepared Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:34:15 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Cc: Michael Blair Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agent or a Real estate Lawyer or both? _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum From balltjn at aol.com Thu Mar 4 12:56:20 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:56:20 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? In-Reply-To: <123086743-1267713327-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1522869013-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> References: <123086743-1267713327-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1522869013-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Message-ID: <8CC89DB215B9826-1634-938@webmail-d029.sysops.aol.com> Most people if they are financing will need a good Loan Broker. It would not hurt to get one lined up also. You will also need a survey company and a home inspector. The buyer will pay for these but it may speed things up if you have connections in place. Earl -----Original Message----- From: stevehannigan at charter.net To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 9:36 am Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? Suggest you use a lawyer and speak to him/her well in advance so they can be prepared Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:34:15 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Cc: Michael Blair Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agent or a Real estate Lawyer or both? _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hello My husband and I are planning to sell our home in 5 days sometime in April. We live in Portland Oregon. We are trying to figure out what team members we need to help us through this transaction? Do we need a settlement agent and/or a real estate lawyer? Is there anyone else that we need to add to our team? Would love some clarification. Thanks! Misa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do we need a settlement agent > and/or a real estate lawyer? Is there anyone else that we need to add to > our team? > > Would love some clarification. > Thanks! > > Misa > > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:36 AM, wrote: > Suggest you use a lawyer and speak to him/her well in advance so they can > be prepared > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Misa Kawada > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:34:15 > To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> > Cc: Michael Blair > Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement > Agent > or a Real estate Lawyer or both? > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Misa On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM, wrote: > Most people if they are financing will need a good Loan Broker. It would > not hurt to get one lined up also. You will also need a survey company and a > home inspector. The buyer will pay for these but it may speed things up if > you have connections in place. > > Earl > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: stevehannigan at charter.net > To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days < > 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> > Sent: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 9:36 am > Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement > Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? > > Suggest you use a lawyer and speak to him/her well in advance so they can be > > prepared > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Misa Kawada > > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:34:15 > > To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> > > Cc: Michael Blair > > Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agent > > or a Real estate Lawyer or both? > > > _______________________________________________ > > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > > _______________________________________________ > > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100304/f75a8ca8/attachment.html From misakb17 at gmail.com Thu Mar 4 19:09:47 2010 From: misakb17 at gmail.com (Misa Kawada) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:09:47 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Rosemarie! On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Rosemarie Belcher < rosemarie-fred at mindspring.com> wrote: > I think you are making this too complicated - you will give yourselves a > headache! This is a marketing system. After the house is sold, you need a > lawyer or title company to do the paperwork. > It's a good idea to have a few extra people around during your open house > times. > Everything is in the book. > Good luck! > Rosemarie > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Misa Kawada > *To:* 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > *Cc:* Michael Blair > *Sent:* Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:34 AM > *Subject:* [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement > Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? > > Hello > > My husband and I are planning to sell our home in 5 days sometime in April. > We live in Portland Oregon. We are trying to figure out what team members > we need to help us through this transaction? Do we need a settlement agent > and/or a real estate lawyer? Is there anyone else that we need to add to > our team? > > Would love some clarification. > Thanks! > > Misa > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100304/2842e966/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Thu Mar 4 20:44:10 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:44:10 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? In-Reply-To: References: <123086743-1267713327-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1522869013-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry><8CC89DB215B9826-1634-938@webmail-d029.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CC8A1C7C5C1A7E-A38-4A0E@webmail-d073.sysops.aol.com> Yes definitely. The buyer will need to do their own inspection if the bank so orders. If they are cash buyers they may use your inspection or may want one of their own. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 7:09 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? Thanks Earl. I thought that the book recommended us, the seller to get an inspection prior to the bidding so that we can show the report to the buyers at the inspection day? That way it's all out in the open and the bidders feel safe too? So in total there are two inspections one from us and one from the buyer ? Is that wrong? Thanks Misa On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM, wrote: Most people if they are financing will need a good Loan Broker. It would not hurt to get one lined up also. You will also need a survey company and a home inspector. The buyer will pay for these but it may speed things up if you have connections in place. Earl -----Original Message----- From: stevehannigan at charter.net To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 9:36 am Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agentor a Real estate Lawyer or both? Suggest you use a lawyer and speak to him/her well in advance so they can be prepared Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:34:15 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Cc: Michael Blair Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a Settlement Agent or a Real estate Lawyer or both? _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100304/b0d34161/attachment.html From jenny.schaffer1 at gmail.com Thu Mar 4 23:39:11 2010 From: jenny.schaffer1 at gmail.com (jenny schaffer) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 23:39:11 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Highest Initial Bidder Benefits Message-ID: <9b943c9c1003042039y5626214cn89a9875b76a64fa1@mail.gmail.com> I am holding my 5 day sale this weekend, so I was re-reading the book. I am unsure of the benefit to being the Highest Bidder on the initial bidding sheet. If I was bidding, I would just bid a penny and keep the price low...What would be the main reason for someone to want to put in the highest bid on inspection day? Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:39 PM, jenny schaffer wrote: > I am holding my 5 day sale this weekend, so I was re-reading the book. I am > unsure of the benefit to being the Highest Bidder on the initial bidding > sheet. If I was bidding, I would just bid a penny and keep the price > low...What would be the main reason for someone to want to put in the > highest bid on inspection day? Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Jason Jodway -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Like I said I'm only asking $97 for forum members only.When you pay the $97 not only do you get the web page template it also comes with video showing you how to: * Modify these pages even if you have no web page experience * Upload these pages to your web site I've also created a membership site that I'll be adding new templates too, you get the membership site for free. Click below to see a sample of the template and to buy it: http://www.getintoahometoday.com/video/5daysale Thanks Larry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100305/457db693/attachment.html From russdlp at gmail.com Fri Mar 5 12:04:54 2010 From: russdlp at gmail.com (russdlp at gmail.com) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:04:54 +0000 Subject: [5-DayForum] Lease Option 5-Day Sale in California Message-ID: <801251488-1267808684-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-67761484-@bda527.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Will the 5-Day method work when doing a lease option in California? If so, do we reduce both rent and sale price by 50 percent, or just one or the other? Russell de la Pena Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry? From larry at REHomeResults.com Fri Mar 5 17:00:01 2010 From: larry at REHomeResults.com ( Larry Hoffman ) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:00:01 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Lease Option 5-Day Sale in California In-Reply-To: <801251488-1267808684-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-67761484-@bda527.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> References: <801251488-1267808684-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-67761484-@bda527.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Message-ID: <002a01cabcaf$358110b0$a0833210$@com> I do the 5 dale sale on my lease option here in ohio... I have them bid up the option money I want down, works pretty well. -Larry -----Original Message----- From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days. com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhome in5days.com] On Behalf Of russdlp at gmail.com Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:05 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Lease Option 5-Day Sale in California Will the 5-Day method work when doing a lease option in California? If so, do we reduce both rent and sale price by 50 percent, or just one or the other? Russell de la Pena Sent on the SprintR Now Network from my BlackBerryR _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum From misakb17 at gmail.com Fri Mar 5 23:56:28 2010 From: misakb17 at gmail.com (Misa Kawada) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:56:28 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Highest Bidder and Inspection Message-ID: After we accept the highest bid, when does their, the buyer's, inspection happen? AND, doesn't the buyer have room to negotiate based on the inspection? Thanks Misa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100305/8aa094b9/attachment.html From misakb17 at gmail.com Sat Mar 6 00:00:12 2010 From: misakb17 at gmail.com (Misa Kawada) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:00:12 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Advertising Message-ID: Should we bother to advertise on MLS? There is websites like FSBO.com that you can pay about 300 dollars or so and they will list your house on MLS and their websites. They also give you a kit to help sell your home. Thanks Misa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100305/2f3653e1/attachment.html From hsiclang at windstream.net Sat Mar 6 06:24:21 2010 From: hsiclang at windstream.net (The Langs) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 06:24:21 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... In-Reply-To: <537bf.333c0bf2.38c11c59@aol.com> References: <537bf.333c0bf2.38c11c59@aol.com> Message-ID: Hello, Janet. Can a real estate attorney qualify a mortgage buyer? Thanks, Rich _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days. com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhome in5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:23 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... A real estate lawyer is a settlement agent, there are also title companies. I prefer real estate attorneys because they are able to give legal advice. Janet In a message dated 3/4/2010 8:20:58 A.M. Central Standard Time, misakb17 at gmail.com writes: Hello My husband and I are planning to sell our home in 5 days sometime in April. We live in Portland Oregon. We are trying to figure out what team members we need to help us through this transaction? Do we need a settlement agent and/or a real estate lawyer? Is there anyone else that we need to add to our team? Would love some clarification. Thanks! Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4919 (20100305) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4919 (20100305) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100306/0de570ad/attachment.html From stevehannigan at charter.net Sat Mar 6 06:45:05 2010 From: stevehannigan at charter.net (Stephen Hannigan) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 06:45:05 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... In-Reply-To: References: <537bf.333c0bf2.38c11c59@aol.com> Message-ID: <001e01cabd22$77485fd0$65d91f70$@net> No, a real estate attorney can't qualify a buyer. In order to qualify a buyer you must be able to pull their credit score and attorneys are not set up to do that; lenders or mortgage brokers have accounts with credit bureaus and they pull that info. Good luck. From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stevehannigan=charter.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5day s.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stevehannigan=charter.net at mailman.howtosellyourho mein5days.com] On Behalf Of The Langs Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 6:24 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... Hello, Janet. Can a real estate attorney qualify a mortgage buyer? Thanks, Rich _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days. com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhome in5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:23 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... A real estate lawyer is a settlement agent, there are also title companies. I prefer real estate attorneys because they are able to give legal advice. Janet In a message dated 3/4/2010 8:20:58 A.M. Central Standard Time, misakb17 at gmail.com writes: Hello My husband and I are planning to sell our home in 5 days sometime in April. We live in Portland Oregon. We are trying to figure out what team members we need to help us through this transaction? Do we need a settlement agent and/or a real estate lawyer? Is there anyone else that we need to add to our team? Would love some clarification. Thanks! 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100306/a11ed621/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Sat Mar 6 09:46:04 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:46:04 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Highest Bidder and Inspection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC8B52E1C9CFE2-3914-8F91@webmail-m027.sysops.aol.com> The buyers can do their inspection any time they chose after the signing of the contract. If you did a full foreclosure of problems and also had an inspection available before the auction, they should have very little wiggle room if any at least a very minimum dollar amount. If they ask too much call your next highest bidder and see if they still want the deal. After all they are only separated by $500. You can escape the contract because you do not have to accept their offer other than what you agreed on in the beginning unless you so choose. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 11:56 pm Subject: [5-DayForum] Highest Bidder and Inspection After we accept the highest bid, when does their, the buyer's, inspection happen? AND, doesn't the buyer have room to negotiate based on the inspection? Thanks Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum The buyers cando their inspection -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100306/a840b12e/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Sat Mar 6 11:17:38 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:17:38 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a . Message-ID: <4e99d.78406b70.38c3da22@aol.com> Rich, as stated below, no. A bank or mortgage broker would do that for them when they apply for financing, and at that time, pre-qualify them. Greatest of luck to you, Janet In a message dated 3/6/2010 5:45:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, stevehannigan at charter.net writes: No, a real estate attorney can?t qualify a buyer. In order to qualify a buyer you must be able to pull their credit score and attorneys are not set up to do that; lenders or mortgage brokers have accounts with credit bureaus and they pull that info. Good luck. From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stevehannigan=charter.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stevehannigan=charter.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of The Langs Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 6:24 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... Hello, Janet. Can a real estate attorney qualify a mortgage buyer? Thanks, Rich ____________________________________ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+hsiclang=windstream.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:23 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Who do we need to do the 5 day sale a SettlementAgent or a ... A real estate lawyer is a settlement agent, there are also title companies. I prefer real estate attorneys because they are able to give legal advice. Janet In a message dated 3/4/2010 8:20:58 A.M. Central Standard Time, misakb17 at gmail.com writes: Hello My husband and I are planning to sell our home in 5 days sometime in April. We live in Portland Oregon. We are trying to figure out what team members we need to help us through this transaction? Do we need a settlement agent and/or a real estate lawyer? Is there anyone else that we need to add to our team? Would love some clarification. Thanks! 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Thanks Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100306/70a5ed36/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Sat Mar 6 11:23:58 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:23:58 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Highest Bidder and Inspection Message-ID: <4ef11.141b4b8a.38c3db9e@aol.com> Misa, They only have room to negotiate if you give it to them. RELAX!!!! Follow the book and enjoy the sale of your home. Janet In a message dated 3/5/2010 10:56:50 P.M. Central Standard Time, misakb17 at gmail.com writes: After we accept the highest bid, when does their, the buyer's, inspection happen? AND, doesn't the buyer have room to negotiate based on the inspection? Thanks Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100306/6bc7a720/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Sun Mar 7 22:28:49 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:28:49 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? In-Reply-To: References: <123a6.5d74b61b.38b94c77@aol.com><006801cab950$14fbf7e0$3ef3e7a0$@net><05993AD7B594405D8C9CC9596725678C@JeannettePC> Message-ID: <8F2A06AB4A334342BEA359EB9D0A9A79@JeannettePC> Sorry, don't know anything about creating your own website. --Jeannette From: The Langs Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 5:00 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. .maybe there is a thread of posts about this subject. We've been so busy preparing the house, we've only made one decision about advertising. We've rented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sorry, don't know anything about creating your own website. --Jeannette From: The Langs Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 5:00 AM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Postlets Is it worth It? Hello, Jeanette. Do you have any advice about creating your own website for the sale? We are 59 days away from our 5-day Forum sale. ?maybe there is a thread of posts about this subject. We?ve been so busy preparing the house, we?ve only made one decision about advertising. We?ve rented a billboard, but we know we should utilize the internet. Have you heard of anyone successfully using Google to make a website? We will be using Gmail for our contact email for the sale. Thanks in advance, Rich Lang _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100311/76f98dae/attachment.html From stevehannigan at charter.net Thu Mar 11 10:00:28 2010 From: stevehannigan at charter.net (stevehannigan at charter.net) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:28 +0000 Subject: [5-DayForum] Real Estate Attorney Fees In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1812224938-1268319535-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-2048447536-@bda2400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> I am in CT and am atty. Fees are different state to state and county by county. You need feed back from attys in your immediate area Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:17 To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days<5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: [5-DayForum] Real Estate Attorney Fees _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Thu Mar 11 20:50:40 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:40 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduct sale for us . . . Message-ID: <151C86ADE455498799F62F32E174A693@JeannettePC> . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She will have her son do the bidding on Sunday night. Second question .An attorney neighbor called and wanted an inspection done by his inspector prior to the auction so he could feel comfortable bidding. I told him that I had an inspection done by an independent inspector and the report will be available during the auction weekend. That the buyer once we have a contract is welcome to doing their own inspection just as it would be with a "typical" house sale. He keeps insisting. Any advice? Thank you all again for your support! Faith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100311/631021ef/attachment.html From jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com Thu Mar 11 22:30:36 2010 From: jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com (James Fleming) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:36 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Buyer requests In-Reply-To: <002101cac18e$855cf8e0$7a0a010a@jordan> References: <002101cac18e$855cf8e0$7a0a010a@jordan> Message-ID: <008201cac194$61fe8070$25fb8150$@gmail.com> Faith, What does your 50% price sign say? Jim Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourho mein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtose llyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of faith Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:49 PM To: 5-dayforum at howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Buyer requests I am one week away from my auction.pretty well set. I put up a sign in front of my home today as my first form of advertising and had 4 calls by mid morning! All of them live in the neighborhood and are very interested. Where were they when I had a realtor sign up for the last year? Must be the 50% price I have on the sign. *smile* So many want to see it in advance and I am sticking to, "wait for next weekend." There is one very sweet woman whose children want her to buy the house. She is traveling the weekend of the sale.she is going to try to change her plans but should I make an exception and let her see it in advance if she can't change her plans? She will have her son do the bidding on Sunday night. Second question .An attorney neighbor called and wanted an inspection done by his inspector prior to the auction so he could feel comfortable bidding. I told him that I had an inspection done by an independent inspector and the report will be available during the auction weekend. That the buyer once we have a contract is welcome to doing their own inspection just as it would be with a "typical" house sale. He keeps insisting. Any advice? Thank you all again for your support! Faith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100311/6b40910a/attachment.html From misakb17 at gmail.com Fri Mar 12 03:05:44 2010 From: misakb17 at gmail.com (Misa Kawada) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:05:44 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Message-ID: Thanks for all the posting and answers to my questions. They really help. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using this method in Portland Oregon or near the area? Any suggestions on where to advertise? -- Misa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/44331f8c/attachment.html From lbicon at aol.com Fri Mar 12 04:12:51 2010 From: lbicon at aol.com (lbicon at aol.com) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:12:51 +0000 Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1064786679-1268384955-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1433122686-@bda2922.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Misa, I have used this method in CA,NV,OR,WA and AZ. We always see this question. This method works for people with realistic expecvtations anywhere in the US and many other countries too. Good luck, Conrad Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:05:44 To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days<5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum From larry at REHomeResults.com Fri Mar 12 07:31:56 2010 From: larry at REHomeResults.com ( Larry Hoffman ) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:31:56 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Web Site In-Reply-To: <008201cac194$61fe8070$25fb8150$@gmail.com> References: <002101cac18e$855cf8e0$7a0a010a@jordan> <008201cac194$61fe8070$25fb8150$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <000301cac1e0$01f307e0$05d917a0$@com> Hey Jane, Yes, you can buy my 5 day sale web template. Below is the link: http://www.getintoahometoday.com/video/5daysale Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks Larry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/8b33a53d/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Fri Mar 12 10:17:44 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:17:44 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Buyer requests Message-ID: In response to your questions. First I personally would let the woman view the home by appointment. I honestly feel that it is ok to do this. This could be your buyer. Second. NO NO NO NO NO. Why would you allow anyone to have an inspector in your house that hasn't even made an offer. Stick you your guns on this one. Have your inspection at the sale and let him do his own if he has the winning bid. During this period the house is still "for sale." This may be why he is pushing you. Faith, you are the one in control. Firmly stay there. ;) Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 9:31:49 P.M. Central Standard Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com writes: Faith, What does your 50% price sign say? Jim Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of faith Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:49 PM To: 5-dayforum at howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Buyer requests I am one week away from my auction?pretty well set. I put up a sign in front of my home today as my first form of advertising and had 4 calls by mid morning! All of them live in the neighborhood and are very interested. Where were they when I had a realtor sign up for the last year? Must be the 50% price I have on the sign. *smile* So many want to see it in advance and I am sticking to, ?wait for next weekend.? There is one very sweet woman whose children want her to buy the house. She is traveling the weekend of the sale?she is going to try to change her plans but should I make an exception and let her see it in advance if she can?t change her plans? She will have her son do the bidding on Sunday night. Second question ?An attorney neighbor called and wanted an inspection done by his inspector prior to the auction so he could feel comfortable bidding. I told him that I had an inspection done by an independent inspector and the report will be available during the auction weekend. That the buyer once we have a contract is welcome to doing their own inspection just as it would be with a ?typical? house sale. He keeps insisting. Any advice? Thank you all again for your support! Faith _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/00b72c8e/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Fri Mar 12 10:22:10 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:22:10 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Message-ID: My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/0b166b9c/attachment.html From russdlp at gmail.com Fri Mar 12 13:12:48 2010 From: russdlp at gmail.com (Russell de la Pena) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:12:48 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? Message-ID: <1ee6c1d61003121012l62e0406fg5267d86e22fad067@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I am solely working with lease options as a investor, and I am looking for the best place to place ads to sell them on the Internet. Thus far, I've been marketing them on Craigslist and have gotten calls, but I'd like to see if there's anything else I can do to increase the call volume? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/f598f44d/attachment.html From larry at REHomeResults.com Fri Mar 12 13:28:53 2010 From: larry at REHomeResults.com ( Larry Hoffman ) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:53 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? In-Reply-To: <1ee6c1d61003121012l62e0406fg5267d86e22fad067@mail.gmail.com> References: <1ee6c1d61003121012l62e0406fg5267d86e22fad067@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <004501cac211$dff8fd70$9feaf850$@com> Hey Russell, I'm an investor here in Cincinnati and I also do lease options.The best way I've found is to put out 80 - 100 signs in the area of your house(s) for lease/sale. My sign guy puts them out on Friday and then picks them back up on Tuesday. I can usually move a property in 30 days or less under a rent to own. So, have half the signs say: Rent 2 Own No Banks Needed 123-455-5555 And the other half of the signs say: Buy My House Owner Will Finance 123-455-5555 I also have my sign guy draw direction arrows on the signs pointing towards the properties. Hope this helps. -Larry P.S. Don't forget the main purpose of a sign is to get your prospect to raise his or her hand about the property.Never talk price over the phone and send them to the house. If they love the house, I've found money doesn't become an issue J From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days. com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhome in5days.com] On Behalf Of Russell de la Pena Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:13 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? Hi, I am solely working with lease options as a investor, and I am looking for the best place to place ads to sell them on the Internet. Thus far, I've been marketing them on Craigslist and have gotten calls, but I'd like to see if there's anything else I can do to increase the call volume? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/16494f9b/attachment.html From larry at REHomeResults.com Fri Mar 12 13:36:44 2010 From: larry at REHomeResults.com ( Larry Hoffman ) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:36:44 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? In-Reply-To: <1ee6c1d61003121012l62e0406fg5267d86e22fad067@mail.gmail.com> References: <1ee6c1d61003121012l62e0406fg5267d86e22fad067@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <005001cac212$f8a84e60$e9f8eb20$@com> Man forgot to mention. I use yellow signs 18 x 24 and cut those in half to make 2 signs. Also "DO NOT" get professorial signs made!!! I've spit tested and my hand written message always out pulls my professional one at least 3 to one. I split tested using a professional sign with a different number right next to the hand written sign. My handwritten sign always out pulled the professional sign when selling. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days. com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhome in5days.com] On Behalf Of Russell de la Pena Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:13 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? Hi, I am solely working with lease options as a investor, and I am looking for the best place to place ads to sell them on the Internet. Thus far, I've been marketing them on Craigslist and have gotten calls, but I'd like to see if there's anything else I can do to increase the call volume? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/e7a897fe/attachment.html From jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com Fri Mar 12 17:22:23 2010 From: jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com (James Fleming) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:22:23 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05f801cac232$7d675dc0$78361940$@gmail.com> Misa, I am a Realtor in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, so I have to do these sales a little differently. But I can tell you that Bill is right about advertising on Craigslist.com. It works especially well in this area regardless of which side of the river your property is located. From there, if you feel that you'd like to place some print ads, place your ads in your local community's newspaper - the Oregonian and Columbian are a waste of time and money in my experience. Also, it is always a good idea to cover your surrounding area/neighborhood with a "Pick your new neighbor" flyer campaign. Residential real estate value has dropped 40% to 50% in the Portland-Vancouver area since its high in 2006. We have a real unemployment rate approaching 23%. One out of eight people in the area are receiving food stamps. That said, if you must sell, the 5 day method is the best way to get the sale started quickly. Remember though, you don't sell your house in 5 days, you find a buyer in 5 days. How long it takes to close the sale will be a function of a number of factors. If you owe less than you can get for the house, and the buyer is a cash buyer, you could potentially close in less than 15 days. On the other extreme, if you owe more than you can get, and the buyer needs a mortgage to complete the sale, it could take up to 8 months or more to complete the transaction. Get a good real estate attorney to guide you every step of the way if you plan to do this without a Realtor. Tip: a great way to get a referral to a qualified real estate attorney is to contact a branch office of one of the local title companies in your area. Ask the branch manager for the names of attorneys that he or she would recommend. Believe me, they know who's good and who's not. Best of luck! Jim F. - Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourho mein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtose llyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Misa Kawada Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:06 AM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Thanks for all the posting and answers to my questions. They really help. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using this method in Portland Oregon or near the area? Any suggestions on where to advertise? -- Misa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/fc4fbbb4/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Fri Mar 12 20:09:23 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:09:23 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... In-Reply-To: <3d0fc.291d95e7.38cafff7@aol.com> References: <3d0fc.291d95e7.38cafff7@aol.com> Message-ID: <4E6F73F366A844A19863B445FC070CF8@JeannettePC> Tried that, no luck. Thanks, though. --Jeannette From: BarrettAI at aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:24 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... I've got an agent in Houston who can help ... check out www.AuctionBySeller.com Kyle www.AuctionbyAgent.com In a message dated 3/11/2010 6:50:47 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/a8c0c039/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Fri Mar 12 20:14:52 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:14:52 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC> Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/9d444aad/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Sat Mar 13 03:23:37 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:23:37 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc Message-ID: <7c5d9.2cab3652.38cca589@aol.com> Jeannette, Well! Congrats on the baby. Personally, I'd want to continue with my regular doc.... however. If you have family and friends to show it for you, then doing the round robin from a distance isn't an issue. Greatest of luck on everything going on in your life. I've lived all over the country, and those long distance moves can be a pain. If you can swing it, get a moving company. They will pack you in a day. Hubby should negotiate this cost with his new employer. And watch your trash! They will pack that too! No lie. lol Janet In a message dated 3/12/2010 7:15:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: _Janetislight at aol.com_ (mailto:Janetislight at aol.com) Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: _5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, _jawgnat at gt.rr.com_ (mailto:jawgnat at gt.rr.com) writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100313/9f1a335c/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Sat Mar 13 21:39:55 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:39:55 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc In-Reply-To: <7c5d9.2cab3652.38cca589@aol.com> References: <7c5d9.2cab3652.38cca589@aol.com> Message-ID: <44E367516DA448D18FF845E35D37560A@JeannettePC> We've been talking it over and our current plan is for hubby to fly back in about a month to show the house, have a local friend help him with that, get the paperwork done with the real estate attorney and then fly back. In some ways it will be easier than me and the kids and all our stuff in the house. Thankfully a lot of advertising can be done online and we'll keep our cell phone numbers with the local area code until after the house sells. So before we move we need to get a house inspection done and line up a real estate attorney. Lots to do, but we think it's doable! Thanks for your support! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:23 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc Jeannette, Well! Congrats on the baby. Personally, I'd want to continue with my regular doc.... however. If you have family and friends to show it for you, then doing the round robin from a distance isn't an issue. Greatest of luck on everything going on in your life. I've lived all over the country, and those long distance moves can be a pain. If you can swing it, get a moving company. They will pack you in a day. Hubby should negotiate this cost with his new employer. And watch your trash! They will pack that too! No lie. lol Janet In a message dated 3/12/2010 7:15:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100313/f269262b/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Sat Mar 13 23:08:58 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:08:58 EST Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc Message-ID: <2359f.147cbd8b.38cdbb5a@aol.com> Sounds like a plan! Janet In a message dated 3/13/2010 8:40:10 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: We've been talking it over and our current plan is for hubby to fly back in about a month to show the house, have a local friend help him with that, get the paperwork done with the real estate attorney and then fly back. In some ways it will be easier than me and the kids and all our stuff in the house. Thankfully a lot of advertising can be done online and we'll keep our cell phone numbers with the local area code until after the house sells. So before we move we need to get a house inspection done and line up a real estate attorney. Lots to do, but we think it's doable! Thanks for your support! --Jeannette From: _Janetislight at aol.com_ (mailto:Janetislight at aol.com) Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:23 AM To: _5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc Jeannette, Well! Congrats on the baby. Personally, I'd want to continue with my regular doc.... however. If you have family and friends to show it for you, then doing the round robin from a distance isn't an issue. Greatest of luck on everything going on in your life. I've lived all over the country, and those long distance moves can be a pain. If you can swing it, get a moving company. They will pack you in a day. Hubby should negotiate this cost with his new employer. And watch your trash! They will pack that too! No lie. lol Janet In a message dated 3/12/2010 7:15:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: _Janetislight at aol.com_ (mailto:Janetislight at aol.com) Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: _5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, _jawgnat at gt.rr.com_ (mailto:jawgnat at gt.rr.com) writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100313/84da598b/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Sun Mar 14 19:48:31 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:31 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... In-Reply-To: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC> References: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC> Message-ID: <8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100314/caa3dfa5/attachment.html From misakb17 at gmail.com Mon Mar 15 00:48:26 2010 From: misakb17 at gmail.com (Misa Kawada) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:48:26 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Settlement agent fees Message-ID: In order for a lawyer to be available on our 6th day of the sale, they need to block time in their schedule. If we don't find a buyer are we to assume that we still have to pay the lawyer? 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Regards, Conrad -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 8:48 pm Subject: [5-DayForum] Settlement agent fees In order for a lawyer to be available on our 6th day of the sale, they need to block time in their schedule. If we don't find a buyer are we to assume that we still have to pay the lawyer? Thanks for your replies ahead of time! -- Misa _______________________________________________ -DayForum mailing list -DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com ttp://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100315/24b368a3/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Mon Mar 15 19:19:23 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:19:23 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] Settlement agent fees Message-ID: <6a10a.39ce3db6.38d01a7b@aol.com> I think your best bet is to ask. Janet In a message dated 3/14/2010 11:55:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, lbicon at aol.com writes: Misa, You can just get a contract for sale of RE @ any Staples or online. The closing agent(lawyer) can make sure that the contract is done correctly. Evereything can be done when it is convenient. Regards, Conrad -----Original Message----- From: Misa Kawada To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 8:48 pm Subject: [5-DayForum] Settlement agent fees In order for a lawyer to be available on our 6th day of the sale, they need to block time in their schedule. If we don't find a buyer are we to assume that we still have to pay the lawyer? Thanks for your replies ahead of time! -- Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list _5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) _http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum_ (http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum) _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100315/36889e39/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Mon Mar 15 22:06:03 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:06:03 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... In-Reply-To: <8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> References: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC> <8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: Earl, How would I go about finding an investor group in my area? We really think it would be a great rental property and have a few friends we've talked or plan to about buying it from us for such. Thanks, Jeannette From: balltjn at aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100315/ebc61d9f/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Mon Mar 15 22:10:41 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:10:41 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Time with real estate attorney Message-ID: I have a question similar to Misa's. My husband will be returning to our house to show it after we have vacated. It is a two-day drive, so we have decided to fly him down. It is unreasonable to think that he can get all the paperwork done with our real estate attorney on Tuesday morning/early afternoon and have him fly home late Tuesday. (We will be showing our house on Sunday and Monday as we keep the seventh-day Sabbath, so will do round-robin bidding Monday night.) I am in the process of lining up a real estate attorney, so haven't been able to ask him/her this question yet. Thanks, Jeannette -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100315/542538f3/attachment.html From rosemarie-fred at mindspring.com Mon Mar 15 22:26:14 2010 From: rosemarie-fred at mindspring.com (Rosemarie Belcher) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:26:14 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... References: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC><8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <4E42DB6CBAC34DE997ED1401E139242E@rosemarifv6onv> Go to Nationreia.com. Then find your area and you should find a contact and a local club. Good lusk! Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Earl, How would I go about finding an investor group in my area? We really think it would be a great rental property and have a few friends we've talked or plan to about buying it from us for such. Thanks, Jeannette From: balltjn at aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! 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The > closing agent(lawyer) can make sure that the contract is done correctly. > Evereything can be done when it is convenient. > > Regards, > > Conrad > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Misa Kawada > To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days < > 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> > Sent: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 8:48 pm > Subject: [5-DayForum] Settlement agent fees > > In order for a lawyer to be available on our 6th day of the sale, they > need to block time in their schedule. If we don't find a buyer are we to > assume that we still have to pay the lawyer? > > Thanks for your replies ahead of time! > > > > -- > Misa > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.comhttp://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100315/7c83406c/attachment.html From misakb17 at gmail.com Tue Mar 16 01:45:28 2010 From: misakb17 at gmail.com (Misa Kawada) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:45:28 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon In-Reply-To: <05f801cac232$7d675dc0$78361940$@gmail.com> References: <05f801cac232$7d675dc0$78361940$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks Jim F. We called several real estate attorneys after getting referral from title companies. The few attorneys that we actually got to speak to were weary about the sale and started giving advice on what not to do. Now we feel discouraged about working with attorneys. We might just complete the contracts ourselves and then work with the title agencies for the closing. I do have one questions since you are in the area. Can we proceed with the sale without a real estate attorney in Oregon State? Thanks Misa On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, James Fleming < jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com> wrote: > Misa, > > > > I am a Realtor in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, so I have to do these > sales a little differently. But I can tell you that Bill is right about > advertising on Craigslist.com. It works especially well in this area > regardless of which side of the river your property is located. From there, > if you feel that you?d like to place some print ads, place your ads in your > local community?s newspaper ? the Oregonian and Columbian are a waste of > time and money in my experience. Also, it is always a good idea to cover > your surrounding area/neighborhood with a ?Pick your new neighbor? flyer > campaign. > > > > Residential real estate value has dropped 40% to 50% in the > Portland-Vancouver area since its high in 2006. We have a real unemployment > rate approaching 23%. One out of eight people in the area are receiving > food stamps. That said, if you must sell, the 5 day method is the best way > to get the sale started quickly. Remember though, you don?t sell your house > in 5 days, you find a buyer in 5 days. How long it takes to close the sale > will be a function of a number of factors. If you owe less than you can get > for the house, and the buyer is a cash buyer, you could potentially close in > less than 15 days. On the other extreme, if you owe more than you can get, > and the buyer needs a mortgage to complete the sale, it could take up to 8 > months or more to complete the transaction. Get a good real estate attorney > to guide you every step of the way if you plan to do this without a > Realtor. > > > > Tip: a great way to get a referral to a qualified real estate attorney is > to contact a branch office of one of the local title companies in your > area. Ask the branch manager for the names of attorneys that he or she > would recommend. Believe me, they know who?s good and who?s not. > > > > Best of luck! > > > > Jim F. ? Realtor > > Vancouver WA > > > > *From:* 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com@ > mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto: > 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate<5-dayforum-bounces%2Bjamesfleming.realestate> > =gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] *On Behalf Of *Misa > Kawada > *Sent:* Friday, March 12, 2010 12:06 AM > > *To:* How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days > *Subject:* [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon > > > > Thanks for all the posting and answers to my questions. They really help. > I was wondering if anyone has had experience using this method in Portland > Oregon or near the area? Any suggestions on where to advertise? > > > -- > Misa > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chris Mahar On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Bill Effros wrote: > 25 to 30 people a day subscribe and unsubscribe. > > If you are having a problem, it is probably on your own computer. The > confirmation notice is probably going into your junk, trash or spam folder. > > Without confirmation that you are you, and that you wish to be > subscribed or unsubscribed, the Forum gets spammed by people who aren't > you, phishing for information about you that we never release. > > When you want to unsubscribe from the 5-Day Forum you must do it for > yourself. > > It is the reverse of the process you used to subscribe: > > 1. Go to the 5-DayForum website: > > www.5-DayForum.com > > 2. Click on the blue word "unsubscribe" on the left side of the home page. > > 3. Fill in the email address of your subscription in the box provided. > > 4. Follow the instructions. > > Bill Effros > List Administrator > > > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/d06c5ce2/attachment.html From mmikeb32 at gmail.com Sat Mar 13 01:00:14 2010 From: mmikeb32 at gmail.com (Michael Blair) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:14 -0800 Subject: [5-DayForum] Reserving a settlement agent Message-ID: We are planning on selling our home using the 5 day method in April. We are located in Portland OR and while searching for a real estate lawyer it seems that the average going rate is in the $2000.00 range. One issue that concerns me is that in order to make sure they are available on day 6 to begin the paperwork, they need to guarantee us that they will be available. In order to guarantee their time, and block out their calendar, I am sure they will need a guarantee of payment. If the process fails for any reason, I imagine we will be obligated to pay the lawyer. One lawyer said that a Title Company can carry out all the necessary paperwork and would be much cheaper. Anyone have thoughts about these issues? Thanks, -- Michael Blair Seven Virtues w(503) 236-7763 c (503) 206-2321 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC><8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CC92D2FDA63FC9-2420-5E3F@webmail-d049.sysops.aol.com> Hi Jeannette, There is the RICH club, real estate club of houston, which meets the first Saturday of every month. There are many investors there. Mavis. -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 9:06 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Earl, How would I go about finding an investor group in my area? We really think it would be a great rental property and have a few friends we've talked or plan to about buying it from us for such. Thanks, Jeannette From: balltjn at aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! 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Also ?DO NOT? get professorial signs made!!! ? ?I?ve spit tested and my hand written message always out pulls my professional one at least 3 to one? I split tested using a professional sign with a different number right next to the hand written sign. My handwritten sign always out pulled the professional sign when selling. ? -Larry ? From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Russell de la Pena Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:13 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? ? Hi, ? I am solely working with lease options as a investor, and I am looking for the best place to place ads to sell them on the Internet. Thus far, I've been marketing them on Craigslist and have gotten calls, but I'd like to see if there's anything else I can do to increase the call volume? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100312/c664b367/attachment.html From nick at thedevdepartment.com Wed Mar 10 15:59:27 2010 From: nick at thedevdepartment.com (Nicolas Villaume) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:59:27 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] How to use a spreadsheet to track bidding. Message-ID: <6836D669-EBEA-4509-A1E8-97C11B0B02EF@thedevdepartment.com> We recently sold my mom's house using the 5-day method. It worked great, of course. However, as I began to prepare for the bidding, I start to look at he section in the book where it describes how to prepare the bidding sheets for the round-robin and began to get nervous about how i would keep track. Dealing with all that paper really made me nervous. I mean, no offense Bill, but it is 2010, so what's with the paper. In stead I made a spreadsheet to track the bidding and it was perfect. Here's what I did: 1. Open Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet or some similar spreadsheet app. 2 For column one, put the heading "Name" 3. For column two, put the heading "Phone" 4. For column three, put the heading "Opening Bid" 5. Now, create 24 more columns as follows: Round 1 and then Time, Round 2 and then Time. Continue this until you have columns for 12 rounds. (you probably won't need them, but just to be safe.) So, now you should have 12 pairs of columns with headings "Round X" and "Time" 6. Now, follow the instructions in the book and list the bidders in descending order from the sheet. I did high to low bidder and then chronologically with no bids below that. 7. At 8PM, call the first bidder. Put the call time in the Time column next to Round 1. 8. When you call, repeat the text from the book and then ask them if they wish to stick or withdraw. Or, if you get a Voicemail, I told each person that we would call them on the next round and that if we got there voicemail again, we would leave them a final VM and remove their name. 9. If the user sticks, enter their bid amount in the column under round 1 next to the time. If they withdraw, put a W in the column under round 1. If you left a voicemail, put VM in the column. 10. Move down the list in the same manner. 11. At the end of the list, move to Round 2 and so on. This method really gives you a great history of the bidding so that you can have a very clear picture of what has transpired. If anyone would like to see the sheet from our sale (with names and phone numbers removed), please let me know and I can send a copy. From bill at effros.com Tue Mar 16 09:51:47 2010 From: bill at effros.com (Bill Effros) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:51:47 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] How to use a spreadsheet to track bidding. In-Reply-To: <6836D669-EBEA-4509-A1E8-97C11B0B02EF@thedevdepartment.com> References: <6836D669-EBEA-4509-A1E8-97C11B0B02EF@thedevdepartment.com> Message-ID: <4B9F8CF3.8000302@effros.com> Thanks, Nick, I've never taken the time to do this properly. Is it OK if I include your spreadsheet in the next edition of the book? If so, please post a blank spreadsheet to this list so others can download it and use it. Thanks for doing the work, and taking the time to tell us how to use it. Bill Effros Author Nicolas Villaume wrote: > We recently sold my mom's house using the 5-day method. It worked great, of course. However, as I began to prepare for the bidding, I start to look at he section in the book where it describes how to prepare the bidding sheets for the round-robin and began to get nervous about how i would keep track. Dealing with all that paper really made me nervous. I mean, no offense Bill, but it is 2010, so what's with the paper. > > In stead I made a spreadsheet to track the bidding and it was perfect. > > Here's what I did: > > 1. Open Excel, Open Office Spreadsheet or some similar spreadsheet app. > 2 For column one, put the heading "Name" > 3. For column two, put the heading "Phone" > 4. For column three, put the heading "Opening Bid" > 5. Now, create 24 more columns as follows: Round 1 and then Time, Round 2 and then Time. Continue this until you have columns for 12 rounds. (you probably won't need them, but just to be safe.) So, now you should have 12 pairs of columns with headings "Round X" and "Time" > 6. Now, follow the instructions in the book and list the bidders in descending order from the sheet. I did high to low bidder and then chronologically with no bids below that. > 7. At 8PM, call the first bidder. Put the call time in the Time column next to Round 1. > 8. When you call, repeat the text from the book and then ask them if they wish to stick or withdraw. Or, if you get a Voicemail, I told each person that we would call them on the next round and that if we got there voicemail again, we would leave them a final VM and remove their name. > 9. If the user sticks, enter their bid amount in the column under round 1 next to the time. If they withdraw, put a W in the column under round 1. If you left a voicemail, put VM in the column. > 10. Move down the list in the same manner. > 11. At the end of the list, move to Round 2 and so on. > > This method really gives you a great history of the bidding so that you can have a very clear picture of what has transpired. If anyone would like to see the sheet from our sale (with names and phone numbers removed), please let me know and I can send a copy. > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > From chimaera86 at gmail.com Tue Mar 16 12:41:02 2010 From: chimaera86 at gmail.com (Jason Jodway) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:41:02 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Reserving a settlement agent In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Title companies do this work every day. The only thing about an attorney is that they can give official legal advice whereas a title company cannot. On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Michael Blair wrote: > We are planning on selling our home using the 5 day method in April. We > are located in Portland OR and while searching for a real estate lawyer it > seems that the average going rate is in the $2000.00 range. One issue that > concerns me is that in order to make sure they are available on day 6 to > begin the paperwork, they need to guarantee us that they will be available. > In order to guarantee their time, and block out their calendar, I am sure > they will need a guarantee of payment. If the process fails for any reason, > I imagine we will be obligated to pay the lawyer. > > One lawyer said that a Title Company can carry out all the necessary > paperwork and would be much cheaper. Anyone have thoughts about these > issues? > > Thanks, > -- > Michael Blair > Seven Virtues > w(503) 236-7763 > c (503) 206-2321 > > _______________________________________________ > 5-DayForum mailing list > 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Jason Jodway -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One issue that concerns me is that in order to make sure they are available on day 6 to begin the paperwork, they need to guarantee us that they will be available. In order to guarantee their time, and block out their calendar, I am sure they will need a guarantee of payment. If the process fails for any reason, I imagine we will be obligated to pay the lawyer. One lawyer said that a Title Company can carry out all the necessary paperwork and would be much cheaper. Anyone have thoughts about these issues? Thanks, -- Michael Blair Seven Virtues w(503) 236-7763 c (503) 206-2321 _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I just don't want to be sued for not selling at the highest bid. _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/e339e1d7/attachment.html From damian_colden at yahoo.com Tue Mar 16 14:43:03 2010 From: damian_colden at yahoo.com (Damian Colden) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:43:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon In-Reply-To: References: <05f801cac232$7d675dc0$78361940$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <217730.18236.qm@web53106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Title companies in our area have a FSBO package. It has a contract, the required disclosures and a title order form. Dac Colden ________________________________ From: Misa Kawada To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 1:45:28 AM Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Thanks Jim F. We called several real estate attorneys after getting referral from title companies. The few attorneys that we actually got to speak to were weary about the sale and started giving advice on what not to do. Now we feel discouraged about working with attorneys. We might just complete the contracts ourselves and then work with the title agencies for the closing. I do have one questions since you are in the area. Can we proceed with the sale without a real estate attorney in Oregon State? Thanks Misa On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, James Fleming wrote: Misa, > >I am a Realtor in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, so I have to do these sales a little differently. But I can tell you that Bill is right about advertising on Craigslist.com. It works especially well in this area regardless of which side of the river your property is located. From there, if you feel that you?d like to place some print ads, place your ads in your local community?s newspaper ? the Oregonian and Columbian are a waste of time and money in my experience. Also, it is always a good idea to cover your surrounding area/neighborhood with a ?Pick your new neighbor? flyer campaign. > >Residential real estate value has dropped 40% to 50% in the Portland-Vancouver area since its high in 2006. We have a real unemployment rate approaching 23%. One out of eight people in the area are receiving food stamps. That said, if you must sell, the 5 day method is the best way to get the sale started quickly. Remember though, you don?t sell your house in 5 days, you find a buyer in 5 days. How long it takes to close the sale will be a function of a number of factors. If you owe less than you can get for the house, and the buyer is a cash buyer, you could potentially close in less than 15 days. On the other extreme, if you owe more than you can get, and the buyer needs a mortgage to complete the sale, it could take up to 8 months or more to complete the transaction. Get a good real estate attorney to guide you every step of the way if you plan to do this without a Realtor. > >Tip: a great way to get a referral to a qualified real estate attorney is to contact a branch office of one of the local title companies in your area. Ask the branch manager for the names of attorneys that he or she would recommend. Believe me, they know who?s good and who?s not. > >Best of luck! > >Jim F. ? Realtor >Vancouver WA > >From:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Misa Kawada >Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:06 AM > >To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days > >Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon >> >Thanks for all the posting and answers to my questions. They really help. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using this method in Portland Oregon or near the area? Any suggestions on where to advertise? > >-- >Misa >_______________________________________________ >>5-DayForum mailing list >5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com >http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum > > -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also ?DO NOT? get professorial signs made!!! I?ve spit tested and my hand written message always out pulls my professional one at least 3 to one? I split tested using a professional sign with a different number right next to the hand written sign. My handwritten sign always out pulled the professional sign when selling. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Russell de la Pena Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:13 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] Best Place to Market a Lease Option on the Internet? Hi, I am solely working with lease options as a investor, and I am looking for the best place to place ads to sell them on the Internet. Thus far, I've been marketing them on Craigslist and have gotten calls, but I'd like to see if there's anything else I can do to increase the call volume? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list _5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mip://06c83d28/mc/compose?to=5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) _http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _ (http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum) _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/96bec4cf/attachment.html From jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com Tue Mar 16 15:18:52 2010 From: jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com (James Fleming) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:18:52 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon In-Reply-To: <217730.18236.qm@web53106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <05f801cac232$7d675dc0$78361940$@gmail.com> <217730.18236.qm@web53106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <00dc01cac53d$85bd40d0$9137c270$@gmail.com> People buy and sell real estate in Oregon all the time without seeking legal counsel. Can you? Yes. Should you? That is your call. In my opinion, based upon the questions you have been asking, you should seek counsel. I completely understand your desire to save money, but there is a point at which the savings don?t outweigh the potential costs. So far you have purchased a $10 book, participated in a free forum, and made a few phone calls to title companies and law offices. Moving forward on a transaction of this size solely armed with what you?ve gleaned from a book, some forum chat, and a few phone calls, but without retained counsel, is in my opinion very risky. If you are discouraged about working with attorneys because they said things that you didn?t want to hear, or because they started giving advice on what not to do, that should be a signal to you that you are in over your head and definitely need the protection of legal counsel. Their job is to look out for your best interests; they are sworn to do so. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Damian Colden Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:43 AM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Title companies in our area have a FSBO package. It has a contract, the required disclosures and a title order form. Dac Colden _____ From: Misa Kawada To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 1:45:28 AM Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Thanks Jim F. We called several real estate attorneys after getting referral from title companies. The few attorneys that we actually got to speak to were weary about the sale and started giving advice on what not to do. Now we feel discouraged about working with attorneys. We might just complete the contracts ourselves and then work with the title agencies for the closing. I do have one questions since you are in the area. Can we proceed with the sale without a real estate attorney in Oregon State? Thanks Misa On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, James Fleming wrote: Misa, I am a Realtor in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, so I have to do these sales a little differently. But I can tell you that Bill is right about advertising on Craigslist.com. It works especially well in this area regardless of which side of the river your property is located. >From there, if you feel that you?d like to place some print ads, place your ads in your local community?s newspaper ? the Oregonian and Columbian are a waste of time and money in my experience. Also, it is always a good idea to cover your surrounding area/neighborhood with a ?Pick your new neighbor? flyer campaign. Residential real estate value has dropped 40% to 50% in the Portland-Vancouver area since its high in 2006. We have a real unemployment rate approaching 23%. One out of eight people in the area are receiving food stamps. That said, if you must sell, the 5 day method is the best way to get the sale started quickly. Remember though, you don?t sell your house in 5 days, you find a buyer in 5 days. How long it takes to close the sale will be a function of a number of factors. If you owe less than you can get for the house, and the buyer is a cash buyer, you could potentially close in less than 15 days. On the other extreme, if you owe more than you can get, and the buyer needs a mortgage to complete the sale, it could take up to 8 months or more to complete the transaction. Get a good real estate attorney to guide you every step of the way if you plan to do this without a Realtor. Tip: a great way to get a referral to a qualified real estate attorney is to contact a branch office of one of the local title companies in your area. Ask the branch manager for the names of attorneys that he or she would recommend. Believe me, they know who?s good and who?s not. Best of luck! Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate =gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Misa Kawada Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:06 AM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Thanks for all the posting and answers to my questions. They really help. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using this method in Portland Oregon or near the area? Any suggestions on where to advertise? -- Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/8c44381c/attachment.html From balltjn at aol.com Tue Mar 16 18:01:35 2010 From: balltjn at aol.com (balltjn at aol.com) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:01:35 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... In-Reply-To: References: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC><8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CC936B61270FF5-7B78-186F@webmail-d008.sysops.aol.com> The easiest is just to google 'real estate investments in your town' I am a member of CFRI in Orlando, Fl. working out of Daytona Beach. Contact our main office at cfri.net and one of our people can help you find an investor group in your area. There are many strategies including rent-to-own unless you need all of your money now. Most investor groups are very helpful and will help for free. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 10:06 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Earl, How would I go about finding an investor group in my area? We really think it would be a great rental property and have a few friends we've talked or plan to about buying it from us for such. Thanks, Jeannette From: balltjn at aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/a68210f4/attachment.html From damian_colden at yahoo.com Tue Mar 16 19:54:53 2010 From: damian_colden at yahoo.com (Damian Colden) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:54:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon In-Reply-To: <00dc01cac53d$85bd40d0$9137c270$@gmail.com> References: <05f801cac232$7d675dc0$78361940$@gmail.com> <217730.18236.qm@web53106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <00dc01cac53d$85bd40d0$9137c270$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <762907.62895.qm@web53106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Well said Jim. Dac Colden Investor/Realtor ________________________________ From: James Fleming To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 3:18:52 PM Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon People buy and sell real estate in Oregon all the time without seeking legal counsel. Can you? Yes. Should you? That is your call. In my opinion, based upon the questions you have been asking, you should seek counsel. I completely understand your desire to save money, but there is a point at which the savings don?t outweigh the potential costs. So far you have purchased a $10 book, participated in a free forum, and made a few phone calls to title companies and law offices. Moving forward on a transaction of this size solely armed with what you?ve gleaned from a book, some forum chat, and a few phone calls, but without retained counsel, is in my opinion very risky. If you are discouraged about working with attorneys because they said things that you didn?t want to hear, or because they started giving advice on what not to do, that should be a signal to you that you are in over your head and definitely need the protection of legal counsel. Their job is to look out for your best interests; they are sworn to do so. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Damian Colden Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:43 AM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Title companies in our area have a FSBO package. It has a contract, the required disclosures and a title order form. Dac Colden ________________________________ From:Misa Kawada To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 1:45:28 AM Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Thanks Jim F. We called several real estate attorneys after getting referral from title companies. The few attorneys that we actually got to speak to were weary about the sale and started giving advice on what not to do. Now we feel discouraged about working with attorneys. We might just complete the contracts ourselves and then work with the title agencies for the closing. I do have one questions since you are in the area. Can we proceed with the sale without a real estate attorney in Oregon State? Thanks Misa On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, James Fleming wrote: Misa, I am a Realtor in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, so I have to do these sales a little differently. But I can tell you that Bill is right about advertising on Craigslist.com. It works especially well in this area regardless of which side of the river your property is located. From there, if you feel that you?d like to place some print ads, place your ads in your local community?s newspaper ? the Oregonian and Columbian are a waste of time and money in my experience. Also, it is always a good idea to cover your surrounding area/neighborhood with a ?Pick your new neighbor? flyer campaign. Residential real estate value has dropped 40% to 50% in the Portland-Vancouver area since its high in 2006. We have a real unemployment rate approaching 23%. One out of eight people in the area are receiving food stamps. That said, if you must sell, the 5 day method is the best way to get the sale started quickly. Remember though, you don?t sell your house in 5 days, you find a buyer in 5 days. How long it takes to close the sale will be a function of a number of factors. If you owe less than you can get for the house, and the buyer is a cash buyer, you could potentially close in less than 15 days. On the other extreme, if you owe more than you can get, and the buyer needs a mortgage to complete the sale, it could take up to 8 months or more to complete the transaction. Get a good real estate attorney to guide you every step of the way if you plan to do this without a Realtor. Tip: a great way to get a referral to a qualified real estate attorney is to contact a branch office of one of the local title companies in your area. Ask the branch manager for the names of attorneys that he or she would recommend. Believe me, they know who?s good and who?s not. Best of luck! Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Misa Kawada Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:06 AM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: [5-DayForum] Sale in Portland Oregon Thanks for all the posting and answers to my questions. They really help. I was wondering if anyone has had experience using this method in Portland Oregon or near the area? Any suggestions on where to advertise? -- Misa _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -- Misa Kawada Blair Seven Virtues 503 236 7763 503 265 9643 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/55f265ac/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Tue Mar 16 22:13:45 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:13:45 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... In-Reply-To: <4E42DB6CBAC34DE997ED1401E139242E@rosemarifv6onv> References: <540FF2D463D749D880224D1CC157AC69@JeannettePC><8CC91E7FC5CFAA7-4768-1D40F@webmail-d039.sysops.aol.com> <4E42DB6CBAC34DE997ED1401E139242E@rosemarifv6onv> Message-ID: Cool, Rosemarie! I just sent emails to the two investor groups in Houston. Thanks. --Jeannette From: Rosemarie Belcher Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:26 PM To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Go to Nationreia.com. Then find your area and you should find a contact and a local club. Good lusk! Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Earl, How would I go about finding an investor group in my area? We really think it would be a great rental property and have a few friends we've talked or plan to about buying it from us for such. Thanks, Jeannette From: balltjn at aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! 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Hi Jeannette, There is the RICH club, real estate club of houston, which meets the first Saturday of every month. There are many investors there. Mavis. -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 9:06 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Earl, How would I go about finding an investor group in my area? We really think it would be a great rental property and have a few friends we've talked or plan to about buying it from us for such. Thanks, Jeannette From: balltjn at aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... Sounds like you are in a jam, but don't let fear stand in your way of doing it with the help of friends and family while he is in his new job. Another option to contemplate is to contact an investor group in your area. They will post it on their board and if your price is acceptable you may sell it to one of them. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Freeman To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX, area to conduc... Yeah, it's an option. But, hubby is not at all interested in me staying behind. I'm sure me being 33 weeks pregnant is part of it. We are entertaining the possibility of him coming back down for the few days necessary to show the house and sign a contract with a buyer in about a month. He would either use friend/s from here to help out or bring his brother/father down to help him. I don't really want to leave the house vacant for much longer than a month and I don't want to spend six months waiting for it to sell traditionally. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! --Jeannette From: Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Looking for real estate agent in Houston, TX,area to conduc... My sister in law moves a lot with her job. My brother stays behind with the kids and sells the house. She searches for new ones to show him when he gets there. You might want to consider this. Who knows, a few weeks apart might help you both come to terms with the stress of long distance moves. Janet In a message dated 3/11/2010 7:51:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jawgnat at gt.rr.com writes: . . . and other advice/help. We were planning on selling our house ourselves in a couple of months, but my husband just got a job offer today in Missouri and, of course, they want him to start ASAP. If he accepts the job we are considering moving ourselves, including our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, by the end of the month and finding a real estate agent to sell our house using the 5 Day Method. We are totally not interested in selling it traditionally and I don't think we can get packed and sell our house in such a short time frame. So, can you all tell me how I would go about finding such a real estate agent in our area? We are 100 miles east of Houston in Port Arthur, but I suspect the closest such agent would be in Houston; however, I would love to be wrong. Also, we are open to any other suggestions applicable to our situation. Thanks in advance for your advice! Warmly, Jeannette Port Arthur, TX _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/311f639d/attachment.html From afastclose at gmail.com Wed Mar 17 13:51:52 2010 From: afastclose at gmail.com (Kimberly Francis) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:51:52 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... Message-ID: <45c940c1003171051n53847136h5d7d6fd031ecd1fd@mail.gmail.com> As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/01d802a8/attachment.html From jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com Wed Mar 17 14:48:04 2010 From: jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com (James Fleming) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:48:04 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... In-Reply-To: <45c940c1003171051n53847136h5d7d6fd031ecd1fd@mail.gmail.com> References: <45c940c1003171051n53847136h5d7d6fd031ecd1fd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <04aa01cac602$60fb8110$22f28330$@gmail.com> Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender's website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender's customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. - Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourho mein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtose llyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/14e618db/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Wed Mar 17 17:44:53 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:44:53 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... Message-ID: <11316.6024af0a.38d2a755@aol.com> I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has just about passed. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com writes: Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/5c8a94f4/attachment.html From larry at REHomeResults.com Wed Mar 17 17:48:38 2010 From: larry at REHomeResults.com ( Larry Hoffman ) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:48:38 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... In-Reply-To: <11316.6024af0a.38d2a755@aol.com> References: <11316.6024af0a.38d2a755@aol.com> Message-ID: <008e01cac61b$9c2e0a00$d48a1e00$@com> I totally disagree with your statement? I do 1 ? 2 short sales a month with great success. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:45 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has just about passed. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com writes: Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/b7e56514/attachment.html From jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com Wed Mar 17 18:30:41 2010 From: jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com (James Fleming) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:41 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... In-Reply-To: <008e01cac61b$9c2e0a00$d48a1e00$@com> References: <11316.6024af0a.38d2a755@aol.com> <008e01cac61b$9c2e0a00$d48a1e00$@com> Message-ID: <061701cac621$7aa785e0$6ff691a0$@gmail.com> I have to agree with Larry. My practice is now divided between 1) working with buyers and sellers, and 2) representing listing agents around the country with their short sales. At any given time my short sale group is processing/negotiating as many as 160 active short sale files for listing agents. We have paid very close attention to the statistics regarding property values, timing of ARM?s, and other related data. In many parts of the country, real estate is still declining in value. Thus, as ARM?s adjust, the original plan that borrowers had of re-financing is not possible. Their choice, if they cannot afford the adjusted payment, is to sell or walk away. Most are trying to sell. They owe more than they can get, so the sales are all short sales. But that is just one of many scenarios that we see as the causal factors for short sales. Additional scenarios involve job loss, divorce, death, job transfer, reduction to part time work, loss of tenants, and so on. Moreover, even if a borrower hasn?t missed a payment but is needing to sell for some other reason, if that borrower does not have the cash to bring to the closing table to make up the difference between what is owed and what the sale will net the bank(s), this too becomes a short sale. We see a minimum of another 6-10 years of short sale activity depending upon geographic location. To give you an idea of just how many short sales are in process, there are many days, usually Mondays and Tuesdays, when one of the largest mortgage companies in the US receives more than 12,000 short sale packages. Think about it?if each package is 1 inch thick, that represents a pile of packages 1,000 feet tall. In one day. That is the equivalent to the height of a 100-story building. The time has not just about passed for short sales, nor will it anytime soon. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of [ Larry Hoffman ] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:49 PM To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I totally disagree with your statement? I do 1 ? 2 short sales a month with great success. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:45 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has just about passed. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com writes: Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/54c89b44/attachment.html From lbicon at aol.com Wed Mar 17 18:33:15 2010 From: lbicon at aol.com (lbicon at aol.com) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:33:15 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... In-Reply-To: <008e01cac61b$9c2e0a00$d48a1e00$@com> References: <11316.6024af0a.38d2a755@aol.com> <008e01cac61b$9c2e0a00$d48a1e00$@com> Message-ID: <8CC9438F82ABC5F-19A0-20E2@Webmail-d106.sysops.aol.com> I'm sorry Janet your comments on short sales are way off base. There are more short sales being completed now than a year ago. The government also has a program of incentives called HAFA for short sales that is just kicking in. I have to expand on Larry comments. The banks look at each short sale on a case by case basis. I do not recommend using the 5-day method until you actually are close to getting an approval from the bank on the short sale. I'm not talking about the fact that they will let you sell the property short but the actual amount that they are willing to take i.e. an approval/demand letter. I learned the hard way that buyers do not wait around for the bank to approve their offer. I have used the 5-day method to complete many short sales but I have learned not to even start the process until the seller has gone through the process with the bank. To expand on Jim's comments about Short sales. Most banks want to see the property listed in the MLS. They don't really care if you are represented by a realtor they just want the maximum exposure for the property. BTW on average it has taken about 90 man hours on average from start to finish to get a short sale approval letter. Some banks are better than others. Well Fargo/Wachovia about the best and B of A the worst by far. Good Luck Kimberly, Conrad -----Original Message----- From: [ Larry Hoffman ] To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 1:48 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I totally disagree with your statement? I do 1 ? 2 short sales a month with great success. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:45 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has just about passed. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com writes: Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ -DayForum mailing list -DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com ttp://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/9077a732/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Wed Mar 17 19:50:54 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:50:54 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... Message-ID: <192fc.1fba6946.38d2c4de@aol.com> Well, the realtors in my area are now having very little luck with them. They were hot for a while. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 4:49:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time, larry at rehomeresults.com writes: I totally disagree with your statement? I do 1 ? 2 short sales a month with great success. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:45 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has just about passed. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com writes: Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/cf9cc59f/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Wed Mar 17 19:53:25 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:53:25 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... Message-ID: <1957f.11dadbe2.38d2c575@aol.com> I'm soooooo glad I live where I do! Janet ;) In a message dated 3/17/2010 5:33:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time, lbicon at aol.com writes: I'm sorry Janet your comments on short sales are way off base. There are more short sales being completed now than a year ago. The government also has a program of incentives called HAFA for short sales that is just kicking in. I have to expand on Larry comments. The banks look at each short sale on a case by case basis. I do not recommend using the 5-day method until you actually are close to getting an approval from the bank on the short sale. I'm not talking about the fact that they will let you sell the property short but the actual amount that they are willing to take i.e. an approval/demand letter. I learned the hard way that buyers do not wait around for the bank to approve their offer. I have used the 5-day method to complete many short sales but I have learned not to even start the process until the seller has gone through the process with the bank. To expand on Jim's comments about Short sales. Most banks want to see the property listed in the MLS. They don't really care if you are represented by a realtor they just want the maximum exposure for the property. BTW on average it has taken about 90 man hours on average from start to finish to get a short sale approval letter. Some banks are better than others. Well Fargo/Wachovia about the best and B of A the worst by far. Good Luck Kimberly, Conrad -----Original Message----- From: [ Larry Hoffman ] To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days' <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sent: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 1:48 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I totally disagree with your statement? I do 1 ? 2 short sales a month with great success. -Larry From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=_rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) [_mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com?) ] On Behalf Of _Janetislight at aol.com_ (mailto:Janetislight at aol.com) Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:45 PM To: _5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has just about passed. Janet In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, _jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com_ (mailto:jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com) writes: Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list and about the short sale issue. Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the information you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies have been met. Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. Jim F. ? Realtor Vancouver WA From: 5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=_gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) [_mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+jamesfleming.realestate=gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com?) ] On Behalf Of Kimberly Francis Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM To: _5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who specializes in short sales. Also, look for an attorney based title company. They can handle all the issues raised on this forum concerning contracts and closings. Kimberly _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list _5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) _http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _ (http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum) _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list _5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com_ (mailto:5- DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com) _http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum_ (http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum) _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum 0. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If the house must be sold and there is either no equity or negative equity on the property then I don't believe there would be a better solution than a short sale. It is a win - win situation for all parties when done properly. Those Realtors you refer to probably are having difficulty processing/ negotiating the short sale. That doesn't mean that banks wouldn't consider a short sale. They will go with whatever makes financial sense.Every case is different so sometimes you can encounter a bank that doesn't want to consider a short sale. But it is very uncommon and would most likely happen for a specific financial reason based on their evaluations and guidelines. God bless and Much Success! Carlos A. Chica Investor/Real Estate Solutions Co. Sky High Planning, Inc. 7380 Sand Lake Rd. #500 Orlando, FL 32819 Office: (407) 352-3220 Fax: (407) 738-4816 Cell: (646) 552-0107 skyhighplanning at gmail.com Coming Soon: www.SKYHIGHPLANNING.com "It's kind of Fun to do the Impossible" - Walt Disney On Mar 17, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Janetislight at aol.com wrote: > Well, the realtors in my area are now having very little luck with > them. They were hot for a while. > > Janet > > In a message dated 3/17/2010 4:49:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time, larry at rehomeresults.com > writes: > I totally disagree with your statement? I do 1 ? 2 short sales a > month with great success. > > > > -Larry > > > > > > > > From: 5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+larry=rehomeresults.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > ] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:45 PM > To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... > > > > I would like to make one comment on short sales. If they aren't > absolutely necessary, do not do one. Banks are not much inclined > any more to do a short sale. Now that they have their balance > sheets back in order, they are very reluctant. I think the time has > just about passed. > > > > Janet > > > > In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:50:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jamesfleming.realestate at gmail.com > writes: > > Thank you Kimberly, very good points about keeping the bidders list > and about the short sale issue. > > > > Misa, if this is a short sale situation, i.e., you owe more than you > can get for the house, go to your lender?s website to obtain the inf > ormation you will need in order to submit a short sale proposal. > > > > All lenders are faced with short sales these days. Some lenders > will not approve a short sale for a seller who is not represented by > a Realtor. However, some will. The best and easiest way to find > out is simply to call your lender?s customer service number and ask. > > > > Of course, if this is NOT a short sale situation, you can treat it > as a normal transaction and move forward to closing once you have a > signed-around Purchase and Sale Agreement and all the contingencies > have been met. > > > > Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out. > > > > Jim F. ? Realtor > > Vancouver WA > > > > From: 5-dayforum-bounces > +jamesfleming.realestate= > gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum- > bounces > +jamesfleming.realestate= > gmail.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of > Kimberly Francis > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:52 AM > To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com > Subject: [5-DayForum] If you are in over your head... > > > > As a follow up to Jim F.'s post, make sure you keep your bidders > list in case your first buyer falls through and if you owe more than > the high bid, call your lender and tell them your situation (you > need to sell and the most you can get is..) and ask if they will do > a short sale because you have a willing and capable buyer. This may > keep you from having to bring cash to the closing. Beware..some > lenders will issue the seller a 1099 for the difference between owed > amount and short sale amount so talk to an investor or company who > specializes in short sales. > Also, look for an attorney based title company. 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/93d76aa7/attachment.html From paul5 at anyol.com Wed Mar 24 14:38:10 2010 From: paul5 at anyol.com (paul5 at anyol.com) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:38:10 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails Message-ID: <20100324113810.22455f01a738a421061e2e3003738d69.e6e314e877.wbe@email.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100324/edfca91f/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Wed Mar 24 18:40:42 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:40:42 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails Message-ID: <34a79.5a391e59.38dbeeea@aol.com> I'm not getting any either. Just so you know. Janet In a message dated 3/24/2010 1:38:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paul5 at anyol.com writes: Dear 5-Day Forum: Suddenly I am not receiving email from the 5-Day Forum. If email to this address is bouncing back, please forward the bounce back notice to me at pgforste at optonline.net. Please, test email at this address, paul5 at anyol.com when you get this message. Thank you for attention to this matter. Sincerely, Paul Forste _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100324/24f73f37/attachment.html From ma3bird at aol.com Thu Mar 25 12:34:16 2010 From: ma3bird at aol.com (ma3bird at aol.com) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:34:16 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails In-Reply-To: <34a79.5a391e59.38dbeeea@aol.com> References: <34a79.5a391e59.38dbeeea@aol.com> Message-ID: <8CC9A5024EF8C8F-1514-4D55@webmail-m028.sysops.aol.com> Neither am I. Mavis. -----Original Message----- From: Janetislight at aol.com To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Wed, Mar 24, 2010 3:40 pm Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails I'm not getting any either. Just so you know. Janet In a message dated 3/24/2010 1:38:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paul5 at anyol.com writes: Dear 5-Day Forum: Suddenly I am not receiving email from the 5-Day Forum. If email to this address is bouncing back, please forward the bounce back notice to me at pgforste at optonline.net. Please, test email at this address, paul5 at anyol.com when you get this message. Thank you for attention to this matter. Sincerely, Paul Forste _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ -DayForum mailing list -DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com ttp://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100325/1db03434/attachment.html From rherbertrogers at aol.com Thu Mar 25 16:56:35 2010 From: rherbertrogers at aol.com (rherbertrogers at aol.com) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:56:35 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails In-Reply-To: <20100324113810.22455f01a738a421061e2e3003738d69.e6e314e877.wbe@email.secureserver.net> References: <20100324113810.22455f01a738a421061e2e3003738d69.e6e314e877.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Message-ID: <8CC9A74CA698EAC-63BC-7F00@Webmail-d110.sysops.aol.com> I received your e-mail, sometimes there is just a gap between people doing this. -----Original Message----- From: paul5 at anyol.com To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Wed, Mar 24, 2010 2:38 pm Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails Dear 5-Day Forum: Suddenly I am not receiving email from the 5-Day Forum. If email to this address is bouncing back, please forward the bounce back notice to me at pgforste at optonline.net. Please, test email at this address, paul5 at anyol.com when you get this message. Thank you for attention to this matter. Sincerely, Paul Forste _______________________________________________ -DayForum mailing list -DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com ttp://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100325/115678ea/attachment.html From ffix10 at comcast.net Fri Mar 26 22:41:22 2010 From: ffix10 at comcast.net (faith) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:41:22 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] update from Fort Myers auction last weekend Message-ID: <002801cacd56$fd184c30$7a0a010a@jordan> Well, I had my auction last weekend and wanted to give the group my feedback. I had 107 groups of people so I consider my advertising a success. What worked best were fliers passed out to 150 of the nearby neighborhood homes, the sign in my front yard that was put in place10 days prior to the sale and having a sign out on the main road near my home which was held by someone. By the way...I hired a church group to hold it and paid them a donation. They loved doing it! What didn't work was Craigslist (2 calls and just one who showed up)which at least didn't cost anything and the ads in 2 local newspapers which brought in absolutely no one. I had 23 bidders on the list. The highest bid got to $245,000 and as explained below, I won't be selling. I purchased my home well before the bubble 7 years ago for $315,000 and while I am not looking to make anything (I would sell at $320k in a heart beat) I am not looking for nor needing to give it away. I had at least 6 very interested young buyers who all grew up on my street, who's parents still live on my street and want to buy here. They all can't affort $320k. This is a very hard time for so many being out of jobs or not making very much. While I think this process will work, the reality is it will be difficult to get what I consider a true "fair" value in some locations. Fort Myers, FL I am told is considered one of the worst hit for housing and for jobs. It seems my auction proved that there is plainly a lack of real buyers in these difficult times. I won't call it a total bust. Several bidders told me they think my home is worth every penny of $320k (they all called back to inquire how it went in the end) and if only they could afford it. I plan to rent it out for the time being and perhaps one of the bidders will return when things get better. My house has never looked better so there is that! I thank you all for your feedback and help and wish you all much success on your own home auctions. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. Faith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100326/7a114403/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Sat Mar 27 08:41:43 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:41:43 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] update from Fort Myers auction last weekend Message-ID: <267f7.37e8f4f.38df5707@aol.com> Faith, First congratulations on your turn out. Very well done. I think you accomplished a very realistic litmus test result for the value of housing in your market. That you didn't like the result is completely understandable. I am very glad that you are not forced to lose so much on the single biggest investment most people make in their lifetime. Here's to your "next" sale, when things are more likely to go as you wish. I hope you come back here and let us know how it goes. Janet In a message dated 3/26/2010 9:42:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ffix10 at comcast.net writes: Well, I had my auction last weekend and wanted to give the group my feedback. I had 107 groups of people so I consider my advertising a success. What worked best were fliers passed out to 150 of the nearby neighborhood homes, the sign in my front yard that was put in place10 days prior to the sale and having a sign out on the main road near my home which was held by someone. By the way...I hired a church group to hold it and paid them a donation. They loved doing it! What didn't work was Craigslist (2 calls and just one who showed up)which at least didn't cost anything and the ads in 2 local newspapers which brought in absolutely no one. I had 23 bidders on the list. The highest bid got to $245,000 and as explained below, I won't be selling. I purchased my home well before the bubble 7 years ago for $315,000 and while I am not looking to make anything (I would sell at $320k in a heart beat) I am not looking for nor needing to give it away. I had at least 6 very interested young buyers who all grew up on my street, who's parents still live on my street and want to buy here. They all can't affort $320k. This is a very hard time for so many being out of jobs or not making very much. While I think this process will work, the reality is it will be difficult to get what I consider a true "fair" value in some locations. Fort Myers, FL I am told is considered one of the worst hit for housing and for jobs. It seems my auction proved that there is plainly a lack of real buyers in these difficult times. I won't call it a total bust. Several bidders told me they think my home is worth every penny of $320k (they all called back to inquire how it went in the end) and if only they could afford it. I plan to rent it out for the time being and perhaps one of the bidders will return when things get better. My house has never looked better so there is that! I thank you all for your feedback and help and wish you all much success on your own home auctions. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. Faith _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100327/62713a83/attachment.html From BarrettAI at aol.com Sat Mar 27 11:53:37 2010 From: BarrettAI at aol.com (BarrettAI at aol.com) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:53:37 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] update from Fort Myers auction last weekend Message-ID: <14591.546ccbf9.38df8401@aol.com> I've always felt that one of the best features to Bill's methodology is that it is a "pricing mechanism, far better than an appraisal, to determine true market value at a given point in time." It always works to that end ... Kyle _www.AuctionBySeller.com_ (http://www.AuctionBySeller.com) In a message dated 3/26/2010 8:41:58 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, ffix10 at comcast.net writes: Well, I had my auction last weekend and wanted to give the group my feedback. I had 107 groups of people so I consider my advertising a success. What worked best were fliers passed out to 150 of the nearby neighborhood homes, the sign in my front yard that was put in place10 days prior to the sale and having a sign out on the main road near my home which was held by someone. By the way...I hired a church group to hold it and paid them a donation. They loved doing it! What didn't work was Craigslist (2 calls and just one who showed up)which at least didn't cost anything and the ads in 2 local newspapers which brought in absolutely no one. I had 23 bidders on the list. The highest bid got to $245,000 and as explained below, I won't be selling. I purchased my home well before the bubble 7 years ago for $315,000 and while I am not looking to make anything (I would sell at $320k in a heart beat) I am not looking for nor needing to give it away. I had at least 6 very interested young buyers who all grew up on my street, who's parents still live on my street and want to buy here. They all can't affort $320k. This is a very hard time for so many being out of jobs or not making very much. While I think this process will work, the reality is it will be difficult to get what I consider a true "fair" value in some locations. Fort Myers, FL I am told is considered one of the worst hit for housing and for jobs. It seems my auction proved that there is plainly a lack of real buyers in these difficult times. I won't call it a total bust. Several bidders told me they think my home is worth every penny of $320k (they all called back to inquire how it went in the end) and if only they could afford it. I plan to rent it out for the time being and perhaps one of the bidders will return when things get better. My house has never looked better so there is that! I thank you all for your feedback and help and wish you all much success on your own home auctions. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. Faith _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100327/68da9ec5/attachment.html From russdlp at gmail.com Mon Mar 29 19:54:04 2010 From: russdlp at gmail.com (Russell de la Pena) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:54:04 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Message-ID: <1ee6c1d61003291654l2712318aye2553c59b887a920@mail.gmail.com> Would anyone recommend using eBay for the 5-Day Sale? If so, should: 1. It be listed at full price or 1/2? 2. I include pictures or just a description? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena Direct: (310) 736-7173 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100329/c58db62f/attachment.html From d36 at comcast.net Wed Mar 24 18:42:27 2010 From: d36 at comcast.net (d36 at comcast.net) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails In-Reply-To: <34a79.5a391e59.38dbeeea@aol.com> Message-ID: <751447928.6403311269470547105.JavaMail.root@sz0006a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> I am not getting any either.? Just so you know. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: Janetislight at aol.com To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:40:42 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails I'm not getting any either.? Just so you know. Janet In a message dated 3/24/2010 1:38:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paul5 at anyol.com writes: Dear 5-Day Forum: Suddenly I am not receiving email from the 5-Day Forum.? If email to this address is bouncing back, please forward the bounce back notice to me at pgforste at optonline.net. Please, test email at this address, paul5 at anyol.com when you get this message. Thank you for attention to this matter. Sincerely, Paul Forste _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum I'm not getting any either.? Just so you know. Janet In a message dated 3/24/2010 1:38:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paul5 at anyol.com writes: Dear 5-Day Forum: Suddenly I am not receiving email from the 5-Day Forum.? If email to this address is bouncing back, please forward the bounce back notice to me at pgforste at optonline.net. Please, test email at this address, paul5 at anyol.com when you get this message. Thank you for attention to this matter. Sincerely, Paul Forste _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100324/8207d33e/attachment.html From mkcrocker at charter.net Wed Mar 17 13:53:45 2010 From: mkcrocker at charter.net (Mary K. Crocker) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:53:45 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Selling Guns How-To's Message-ID: <006501cac5fa$ca6baab0$6401a8c0@MaryK> Hello Everyone, My husband & I would like to try the 5 Day method to sell a handgun, as mentioned in the book. Has anyone out there done this? Do you have any tips or suggestions? Thanks so much. Mary K. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100317/419a5ddb/attachment.html From 4margaret.mora at gmail.com Fri Mar 19 18:04:29 2010 From: 4margaret.mora at gmail.com (Margaret Mora) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:04:29 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] advertising....for buyers from out of state, who are not able to inspect the property Message-ID: Bill Effros We want to target our advertising for our 5-day sale to out of state buyers. We are located twenty miles north of Austin Texas Our community is a magnet for out of state buyers. We are thinking of advertising in out state news papers and the internet, News papers in California and The Wall Street Journal. How ever these potential buyers may not be able to attend the inspection open house. 5-Day forms states "only buyers who have seen the house may bid. We have medical issues and must return to California, prior real estate price incresties. I sold real estate in California for twenty five Years I hold a valid brokers license., which is not valid in Texas. I have not used my license for eight years should I disclose , that I sold and retain a valid license. Thank you, m -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100319/7c0d49a8/attachment.html From mkcrocker at charter.net Wed Mar 24 19:08:25 2010 From: mkcrocker at charter.net (Mary K. Crocker) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:08:25 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Abrupt cessation of emails References: <34a79.5a391e59.38dbeeea@aol.com> Message-ID: <00de01cacba6$e92fe400$6401a8c0@MaryK> I am also not getting any emails. I tried to post a question on 3/17 and received a response saying it would be held for approval by the moderator, but have not yet received an answer. Mary K. Crocker -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100324/f95b69e9/attachment.html From d362010 at hotmail.com Wed Mar 24 19:21:44 2010 From: d362010 at hotmail.com (Dave Avery) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:21:44 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] RULES? Message-ID: I am just not sure how to write the rules? It just says to write our own any ideas? Thanks for the help!! _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100324/87afd19a/attachment.html From invzbldog at gmail.com Fri Mar 26 10:05:28 2010 From: invzbldog at gmail.com (invzbldog) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:05:28 -0400 Subject: [5-DayForum] Selling a Senior Condo? Message-ID: My sister and I are looking at using a 5-day sale to sell a senior condo we had purchased for our mother. At least one resident in the unit must be 62+ and there are currently several units on the market being sold conventionally. Is this property too specialized to sell by the 5-day sale method? Has anyone sold a seniors only property as a 5-day sale? Does anyone have any suggestions for marketing? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Anita From mkcrocker at charter.net Sat Mar 27 17:27:55 2010 From: mkcrocker at charter.net (Mary K. Crocker) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:27:55 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] 3 Day Sale Message-ID: <001e01cacdf4$5edff3d0$6401a8c0@MaryK> Just wanted to offer some input on having a 3 day sale to sell a gun, as mentioned in the book. This does not appear to be a realistic idea for a few reasons. The typical market for this sale is men and I know the following sound like generalizations, but in our experience, this is what happened. 1. Many men wait until the day of the inspection to call. 2. Most of those who called did not show up. 3. It didn't seem like the men wanted to mess with an auction; they just wanted to buy the gun. I do not recommend a 3 day sale for a gun. Has anyone else had experience with this type of sale? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100327/0b7c5d0d/attachment.html From d36 at comcast.net Mon Mar 29 20:36:11 2010 From: d36 at comcast.net (d36 at comcast.net) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:36:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale In-Reply-To: <1ee6c1d61003291654l2712318aye2553c59b887a920@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2035988136.7966351269909371440.JavaMail.root@sz0006a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> I think any advertising is a bonus, I do not know the percentages of people that go to eBay to buy a house.? I never would. But I don't use eBay to do much.? I still think the best way to sell your house is a very tight market "within 5 miles " of your house and bombard the heck out of the houses, business, telephone polls, etc , flyer's and see what happens. If your house is a mid range home as far as price your auction should be very successful . If it is a high end home only so many people will qualify for that house and would or you may need to think where to solicit them. I would list it at half price and put in it that it is an "auction" I would put pictures in as many as you want.? A picture tells a thousand words. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell de la Pena" < russdlp @ gmail .com> To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:54:04 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Would anyone recommend using eBay for the 5-Day Sale? If so, should: 1. It be listed at full price or 1/2? 2. I include pictures or just a description? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena Direct: (310) 736-7173 _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http ://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/ listinfo . cgi /5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/76a56272/attachment.html From siatypes at yahoo.com Tue Mar 16 22:15:53 2010 From: siatypes at yahoo.com (Sia Warkentine) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:15:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [5-DayForum] See Below Message-ID: <894567.53354.qm@web58904.mail.re1.yahoo.com> This request is not for me.? I am trying to reach u for: ? Marge Wilson 9036 Quail Cove Court Bakersfield, CA 93314 ? Home Phone:? 661 392-8754 Cell:? 661- ? Marge Wilson is 75 years old and does not have a computer or know how to work one.? She has read your book and is ready to proceed with selling her house according to your book, "How To Sell Your Home in 5 Days".? If there is any other way she can contact you or you contact her it would be most appreciated.? She is almost ready to sell but needs to contact you with some important questions.? Please contact her if you can.? She is getting a little panicky.? I have provided her address and phone number for you to contact you her since there is no phone number or address for her to contact you.? Thank you. ? Respectfully, ? Sia M. Warkentine for, ? Marge Wilson 906 Quail Cove Court Bakersfield, CA 93314 ? Home phone:? 661-392-8754 Cell Phone: 661-214-6012 ? ? ? ? ? Sia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100316/c6ec9712/attachment.html From weddingvideonj.com at nac.net Wed Mar 17 13:29:28 2010 From: weddingvideonj.com at nac.net (weddingvideonj.com at nac.net) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:29:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [5-DayForum] I want to hold a home auction April 21-25 -please help! Message-ID: <49284.68.196.24.97.1268846968.squirrel@webmail.nac.net> Hello, I have recently purchased the third edition of the book and am anxious to sell a lakefront home I have outside of Monticello, NY in Sullivan County. I am interested in getting some ideas on selling a home that would most likely be purchased as a second home from someone in the metro New York City area, 1 1/2 to 2 hours from the home itself. If someone has experience with a similar sale or some advice regarding this, it would be very helpful!! Thanks, Dan From salefast at eDianeCollins.com Tue Mar 30 12:38:45 2010 From: salefast at eDianeCollins.com (DianeCollins) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:38:45 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Selling Guns How-To's References: <006501cac5fa$ca6baab0$6401a8c0@MaryK> Message-ID: <6435EEB95BFE401681D5329BE6220399@DF7TLP71> I am an auctioneer and we sell on line. please send the information on your gun. I might be interested. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary K. Crocker To: 5-dayforum at howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:53 PM Subject: [5-DayForum] Selling Guns How-To's Hello Everyone, My husband & I would like to try the 5 Day method to sell a handgun, as mentioned in the book. Has anyone out there done this? Do you have any tips or suggestions? Thanks so much. Mary K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/4a441df5/attachment.html From mkcrocker at charter.net Tue Mar 30 14:11:26 2010 From: mkcrocker at charter.net (Mary K. Crocker) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:11:26 -0500 Subject: [5-DayForum] Selling Guns How-To's References: <006501cac5fa$ca6baab0$6401a8c0@MaryK> <6435EEB95BFE401681D5329BE6220399@DF7TLP71> Message-ID: <00d701cad034$6da1d680$6401a8c0@MaryK> TO: Diane Collins: Can you send my husband an email at: Lcrocker at mail.anonymizer.com? He will give you the info on the gun. Thank you. 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/21829ac9/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 30 16:42:32 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:32 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Message-ID: <28bc0.31cd1e9b.38e3bc38@aol.com> I think you are obligated to take the highest bid on e-bay, which could get really scary. My neighbor sold a house using e-bay. But it was lower value and mostly a good land purchase. They inherited it and would take anything for it. Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 11:02:44 A.M. Central Daylight Time, d36 at comcast.net writes: I think any advertising is a bonus, I do not know the percentages of people that go to eBay to buy a house. I never would. But I don't use eBay to do much. I still think the best way to sell your house is a very tight market "within 5 miles " of your house and bombard the heck out of the houses, business, telephone polls, etc, flyer's and see what happens. If your house is a mid range home as far as price your auction should be very successful. If it is a high end home only so many people will qualify for that house and would or you may need to think where to solicit them. I would list it at half price and put in it that it is an "auction" I would put pictures in as many as you want. A picture tells a thousand words. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell de la Pena" To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:54:04 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Would anyone recommend using eBay for the 5-Day Sale? If so, should: 1. It be listed at full price or 1/2? 2. I include pictures or just a description? -- Best wishes, Russell de la Pena Direct: (310) 736-7173 _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/07858e8c/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 30 16:44:38 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:44:38 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] See Below Message-ID: <28e5d.12b2596d.38e3bcb6@aol.com> Rent a laptop. Set up an e-mail account, free on yahoo, etc. And help her learn to use just the basics she needs for e-mailing and craig's.... bookmark it for her. Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 11:03:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, siatypes at yahoo.com writes: This request is not for me. I am trying to reach u for: Marge Wilson 9036 Quail Cove Court Bakersfield, CA 93314 Home Phone: 661 392-8754 Cell: 661- Marge Wilson is 75 years old and does not have a computer or know how to work one. She has read your book and is ready to proceed with selling her house according to your book, "How To Sell Your Home in 5 Days". If there is any other way she can contact you or you contact her it would be most appreciated. She is almost ready to sell but needs to contact you with some important questions. Please contact her if you can. She is getting a little panicky. I have provided her address and phone number for you to contact you her since there is no phone number or address for her to contact you. Thank you. Respectfully, Sia M. Warkentine for, Marge Wilson 906 Quail Cove Court Bakersfield, CA 93314 Home phone: 661-392-8754 Cell Phone: 661-214-6012 Sia _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/b51e8947/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 30 16:46:58 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:46:58 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] RULES? Message-ID: <2914c.65eda067.38e3bd42@aol.com> There is a template on the web page that you can use. Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 11:05:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, d362010 at hotmail.com writes: I am just not sure how to write the rules? It just says to write our own any ideas? Thanks for the help!! ____________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. _Get started._ (http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3) = _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/20ee57ea/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 30 16:48:06 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:48:06 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] 3 Day Sale Message-ID: <292ef.f01f59a.38e3bd86@aol.com> I haven't, but it seems scary to me. Usually hand guns need to be registered, don't they? Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 11:05:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, mkcrocker at charter.net writes: Just wanted to offer some input on having a 3 day sale to sell a gun, as mentioned in the book. This does not appear to be a realistic idea for a few reasons. The typical market for this sale is men and I know the following sound like generalizations, but in our experience, this is what happened. 1. Many men wait until the day of the inspection to call. 2. Most of those who called did not show up. 3. It didn't seem like the men wanted to mess with an auction; they just wanted to buy the gun. I do not recommend a 3 day sale for a gun. Has anyone else had experience with this type of sale? _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/1cd218d5/attachment.html From brooks at pcisys.net Tue Mar 30 17:45:02 2010 From: brooks at pcisys.net (Brooks) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:45:02 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] 3 Day Sale In-Reply-To: <292ef.f01f59a.38e3bd86@aol.com> References: <292ef.f01f59a.38e3bd86@aol.com> Message-ID: <5D604A621A924BB896B8ED4716E93DD0@gammer> It makes sense that the selling of a weapon via auction might not be as effective. Unless you're dealing with a collector's item I don't know that the draw (so to speak) would be all that hot unless the guns/knives or whatever were selling for a real bargain; especially in this market. Actually, some states do try to insist that guns be registered but in most it isn't required. Gun shows are a great way to sell off some pistols and rifles that you might be trying to get rid of. You can never guarantee what the buyer will do with it but, for the most part, the average buyer is just looking for a deal and would buy outright. I've never sold them via auction but wouldn't rule it out. They are a marketable item these days. Brooks ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "The enemy is behind us. The enemy is in front of us. The enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!" General Douglas MacArthur ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5day s.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:48 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] 3 Day Sale I haven't, but it seems scary to me. Usually hand guns need to be registered, don't they? Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 11:05:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, mkcrocker at charter.net writes: Just wanted to offer some input on having a 3 day sale to sell a gun, as mentioned in the book. This does not appear to be a realistic idea for a few reasons. The typical market for this sale is men and I know the following sound like generalizations, but in our experience, this is what happened. 1. Many men wait until the day of the inspection to call. 2. Most of those who called did not show up. 3. It didn't seem like the men wanted to mess with an auction; they just wanted to buy the gun. I do not recommend a 3 day sale for a gun. Has anyone else had experience with this type of sale? _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/c9f7227d/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 30 23:14:54 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:14:54 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] 5 day sale Cameron Mo Message-ID: <4099f.197d49c.38e4182e@aol.com> >From what I have seen here, Bill turn your head and plug your ears, the most responses come from signs and flyers. For the most part newspaper and advertising on Craig's will only bring you in a few. I'd go with the Craig's advertising as it is free and maybe in your area, there are a lot of buyers on that venue. About 20 signs seems to work well, flyers in a fair radius advertising "choose your neighbor." One person even had a very good response from having a garage sale and handing them out. I was surprised during my sale that there was so little from newspapers. Maybe I'm getting "older." Craig's brought me nothing. I received 23 responses from hand written signs stuck all over the place with in a mile radius and will next time include grocery bulletin boards with phone number pull tabs. That has also seemed to work well. Beware, there is a person on this list that advocates a web site and recommends everyone use that sight. I have a feeling it might be self serving. Ok, now..... you will get more great advice regarding avenues of promoting your sale from others in this forum. And most with be extremely valuable. Greatest of luck in this process, and please come back with questions and progress. We are all rooting for you! Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 8:48:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wondersinisrael at yahoo.com writes: Has anyone done a sale in Rural Missouri, north of KC and East of St. Joe? Just wanting to advertise in the right places. We plan to do our sale the third weekend of April. Any advice at all would be great! _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/66f1275f/attachment.html From joannkelty8 at gmail.com Wed Mar 31 00:53:18 2010 From: joannkelty8 at gmail.com (joannkelty8 at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:53:18 +0000 Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale In-Reply-To: <28bc0.31cd1e9b.38e3bc38@aol.com> References: <28bc0.31cd1e9b.38e3bc38@aol.com> Message-ID: <1546483810-1270007646-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-221216803-@bda236.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> You can put a reserve on for any item you sell on ebay. The reserve is the minimun you will accept Jo Ann www.livefreeandcleartoday.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Janetislight at aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:32 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum From Janetislight at aol.com Tue Mar 30 23:59:41 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:59:41 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Message-ID: <42532.552346cd.38e422ad@aol.com> Jo Ann, So, you set a reserve of say.... 150,000 and then start the bidding at 75,500. Wouldn't this be confusing to buyers? I don't understand how this would work, please explain. Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 10:54:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, joannkelty8 at gmail.com writes: You can put a reserve on for any item you sell on ebay. The reserve is the minimun you will accept Jo Ann www.livefreeandcleartoday.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Janetislight at aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:32 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100330/6091f4f8/attachment.html From brooks at pcisys.net Wed Mar 31 09:13:05 2010 From: brooks at pcisys.net (Brooks) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:13:05 -0600 Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale In-Reply-To: <42532.552346cd.38e422ad@aol.com> References: <42532.552346cd.38e422ad@aol.com> Message-ID: <9C1A402700BB4559A39D49DFE22ACCF5@gammer> When you set the reserve on E-Bay, you're basically saying that you want to auction your item (house, car, antique spoon, etc.) then you place it out for bid. A lot of "deal lookers" will start out at a penny or something. If your reserve is not met on E-Bay you're not obligated to sell that item. This protects you, the seller. You see, the buyer never knows your reserve but it is there as your safety net on the sale. If you don't put a reserve price out there, the highest bidder wins and that is where the sale gets sticky; especially if you're selling a high dollar item. Sad to say but my daughter learned this one the hard way not too long ago. Brooks DeMio _____ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5day s.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:00 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Jo Ann, So, you set a reserve of say.... 150,000 and then start the bidding at 75,500. Wouldn't this be confusing to buyers? I don't understand how this would work, please explain. Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 10:54:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, joannkelty8 at gmail.com writes: You can put a reserve on for any item you sell on ebay. The reserve is the minimun you will accept Jo Ann www.livefreeandcleartoday.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Janetislight at aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:32 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100331/f2fb597d/attachment.html From Janetislight at aol.com Wed Mar 31 09:17:10 2010 From: Janetislight at aol.com (Janetislight at aol.com) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:17:10 EDT Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Message-ID: <506e2.139b6e85.38e4a556@aol.com> Thanks for the explanation. :) Janet In a message dated 3/31/2010 8:13:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time, brooks at pcisys.net writes: When you set the reserve on E-Bay, you?re basically saying that you want to auction your item (house, car, antique spoon, etc.) then you place it out for bid. A lot of ?deal lookers? will start out at a penny or something. If your reserve is not met on E-Bay you?re not obligated to sell that item. This protects you, the seller. You see, the buyer never knows your reserve but it is there as your safety net on the sale. If you don?t put a reserve price out there, the highest bidder wins and that is where the sale gets sticky; especially if you?re selling a high dollar item. Sad to say but my daughter learned this one the hard way not too long ago. Brooks DeMio ____________________________________ From: 5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:00 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale Jo Ann, So, you set a reserve of say.... 150,000 and then start the bidding at 75,500. Wouldn't this be confusing to buyers? I don't understand how this would work, please explain. Janet In a message dated 3/30/2010 10:54:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, joannkelty8 at gmail.com writes: You can put a reserve on for any item you sell on ebay. The reserve is the minimun you will accept Jo Ann www.livefreeandcleartoday.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Janetislight at aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:32 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100331/0e2a585e/attachment.html From d36 at comcast.net Wed Mar 31 17:17:23 2010 From: d36 at comcast.net (d36 at comcast.net) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [5-DayForum] 5 day sale Cameron Mo In-Reply-To: <759162.25812.qm@web54206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1943032357.8690621270070243172.JavaMail.root@sz0006a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> If your property is close to Nauvoo Ill.? I would have your info all over since it is the weekend that the church was restored. April 6, 1830.? I would have every telephone pole, every restaurant and every hotel with pictures and fact sheets about your home and property.? I am guessing that it is not that far away. Maybe within 2 hours of there? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sasha Grove" < wondersinisrael @yahoo.com> To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 1:16:57 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [5-DayForum] 5 day sale Cameron Mo Has anyone done a sale in Rural Missouri, north of KC and East of St. Joe? Just wanting to advertise in the right places. We plan to do our sale the third weekend of April. Any advice at all would be great! _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http ://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/ listinfo . cgi /5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100331/b55dd203/attachment.html From grayson4 at mac.com Wed Mar 31 19:27:47 2010 From: grayson4 at mac.com (Victoria Graham) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:27:47 -0700 Subject: [5-DayForum] Escrow Co. & Inspector in LA area Message-ID: Does anyone know any that have done 5-Day Sales in the WEST LA area? If so, I'd like to contact them Please let me know. Thanks, Victoria From million_dollar_seller at yahoo.com Wed Mar 31 12:48:24 2010 From: million_dollar_seller at yahoo.com (tim peterson) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:48:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale In-Reply-To: <506e2.139b6e85.38e4a556@aol.com> Message-ID: <1493.51808.qm@web58802.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Not exactly true I have been selling on ebay for over 10 years. real estate is completely different and you do not need to put a reserve and are not bound by the highest bid-it is more like a classified ad--direct from their site " Due to the wide variety of laws governing the sale of real estate, eBay Real Estate auction-style advertisements of real property do not involve legally binding offers to buy and sell. Instead, eBay Real Estate's auctions are simply a way for sellers to advertise their real estate and meet potential buyers." Do not ever put a reserve price on your regular ebay ads--it really brings significantly lower prices and limits the number of buyers who will bid. If you have something so valuable you can't live without a high price--then start it at that price. We have sold over 50,000 items on ebay and tried things both ways. good luck Tim --- On Wed, 3/31/10, Janetislight at aol.com wrote: From: Janetislight at aol.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 8:17 AM Thanks for the explanation.?? :) ? Janet ? In a message dated 3/31/2010 8:13:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time, brooks at pcisys.net writes: ????????? When you set the reserve on E-Bay, you?re basically saying that you want to auction your item (house, car, antique spoon, etc.) then you place it out for bid.? A lot of ?deal lookers? will start out at a penny or something.? If your reserve is not met on E-Bay you?re not obligated to sell that item.? This protects you, the seller.? You see, the buyer never knows your reserve but it is there as your safety net on the sale. ????????? If you don?t put a reserve price out there, the highest bidder wins and that is where the sale gets sticky; especially if you?re selling a high dollar item.? Sad to say but my daughter learned this one the hard way not too long ago. ? Brooks DeMio From: 5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com [mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+brooks=pcisys.net at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com] On Behalf Of Janetislight at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:00 PM To: 5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale ? Jo Ann, ? So, you set a reserve of say.... 150,000 and then start the bidding at 75,500.? Wouldn't this be confusing to buyers?? I don't understand how this would work, please explain. ? Janet ? In a message dated 3/30/2010 10:54:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, joannkelty8 at gmail.com writes: You can put a reserve on for any item you sell on ebay. The reserve is the minimun you will accept Jo Ann www.livefreeandcleartoday.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Janetislight at aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:32 To: <5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] eBay for 5-Day Sale _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 5-DayForum mailing list 5-DayForum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/5-dayforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com/pipermail/5-dayforum/attachments/20100331/2d618037/attachment.html From jawgnat at gt.rr.com Wed Mar 31 21:33:30 2010 From: jawgnat at gt.rr.com (Jeannette Freeman) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 1:33:30 +0000 Subject: [5-DayForum] Wording of signs and flyers Message-ID: <20100401013330.WBN97.516775.root@hrndva-web24-z02> Janet, Great info! Thanks. Would you share more about the actual wording on your flyers and signs? I am kind of at a loss at the moment about what to include and what not to include. Your experience and insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeannette Freeman __________________________________________________________ >From what I have seen here, Bill turn your head and plug your ears, the most responses come from signs and flyers. For the most part newspaper and advertising on Craig's will only bring you in a few. I'd go with the Craig's advertising as it is free and maybe in your area, there are a lot of buyers on that venue. About 20 signs seems to work well, flyers in a fair radius advertising "choose your neighbor." One person even had a very good response from having a garage sale and handing them out. I was surprised during my sale that there was so little from newspapers. Maybe I'm getting "older." Craig's brought me nothing. I received 23 responses from hand written signs stuck all over the place with in a mile radius and will next time include grocery bulletin boards with phone number pull tabs. That has also seemed to work well. Beware, there is a person on this list that advocates a web site and recommends everyone use that sight. I have a feeling it might be self serving. Ok, now..... you will get more great advice regarding avenues of promoting your sale from others in this forum. And most with be extremely valuable. Greatest of luck in this process, and please come back with questions and progress. We are all rooting for you! Janet